Variability in the bottom-up and top-down controls of bacteria on trophic and temporal scales in the middle Adriatic Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-29

  Šolić, Mladen ^a   Krstulović, Nada ^a   Vilibić, Ivica ^a   Bojanić, Natalia ^a   Kušpilić, Grozdan ^a   Šestanović, Stefanija ^a   Šantić, Danijela ^a   Ordulj, Marin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bacteria; Bottom up; Temporal scale; Top down; Trophic scale

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953915187     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01342     Document Type: Article

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