Genetic and metabolic diversity of arctic bacterioplankton during the post-spring phytoplankton bloom in Disko Bay, western Greenland

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-41

  Frette, Lone ^a   Winding, Anne ^a   Kroer, Niels ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bacterioplankton; Genetic diversity; Metabolic diversity; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954291932     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01410     Document Type: Article

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