Relationships between pelagic bacteria and phytoplankton abundances in contrasting tropical freshwaters

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-272

  Roland, Fabio ^a   Lobão, Lúcia M ^a   Vidal, Luciana O ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^b   Paranhos, Rodolfo ^c   Huszar, Vera L M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial phytoplankton coupling; Microbial dynamics; Tropical waters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955649987     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01429     Document Type: Article

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