Inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria in the stratified Mid-Atlantic Bight

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-441

  Bradley, Paul B ^a   Sanderson, Marta P ^a   Frischer, Marc E ^b   Brofft, Jennifer ^b   Booth, Melissa G ^b   Kerkhof, Lee J ^c   Bronk, Deborah A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANW, USA, New Jersey; Bacteria; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Flow cytometry; LEO 15; Mid Atlantic Bight; Nitrogen uptake; Phytoplankton; Urea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77954143576     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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