Spatial patterns of bacterial abundance, activity and community composition in relation to water masses in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-195

  Yokokawa, Taichi ^a   De Corte, Daniele ^a,b   Sintes, Eva ^c   Herndl, Gerhard J ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Community composition; Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Patchiness; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77954294496     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01393     Document Type: Article

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