Linking bacterial community structure to carbon fluxes in marine environments

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Yokokawa, Taichi ^a   Nagata, Toshi ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Biogeochemical cycle; Carbon flux; Microbial food webs; Microbial oceanography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; GENOMICS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77749301910     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0001-4     Document Type: Review

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