Seasonal and depth-related dynamics of prokaryotes and viruses in surface and deep waters of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1972-1982

  Winter, Christian ^a,b   Kerros, Marie Emmanuelle ^a,b   Weinbauer, Markus G ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Deep sea; Flow cytometry; Marine; Prokaryote; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; DEPTH LAYERS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; MARINE; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STUDY SITES; WATER COLUMNS; WATER SAMPLES;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; BACTERIOPHAGES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SURFACE WATERS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ABUNDANCE; DEEP SEA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NUCLEIC ACID; PROKARYOTE; VIRUS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; VIR;

EID: 71749111285     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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