Bacterial production and respiration in subtropical Hong Kong waters: Influence of the Pearl River discharge and sewage effluent

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-179

  Yuan, Xiangcheng ^a,b   Yin, Kedong ^b,c   Harrison, Paul J ^a   Cai, Wei Jun ^d   He, Lei ^b   Xu, Jie ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Bacterial respiration; CO2; Pearl River estuary; Sewage effluent

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954260923     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01346     Document Type: Article

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