Variability of primary and bacterial production in a coral reef lagoon (New Caledonia)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 7-12, 2010, Pages 335-348

  Torréton, Jean Pascal ^a   Rochelle Newall, Emma ^a   Pringault, Olivier ^a   Jacquet, Séverine ^a   Faure, Vincent ^b   Briand, Enora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; New Caledonia; Nutrients; Pacific Ocean; Phytoplankton; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BACTERIOPLANKTON PRODUCTIONS; BACTERIOPLANKTONS; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL STATION; CORAL REEF LAGOONS; LIMITING FACTORS; MESOTROPHIC; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MINERAL NUTRIENTS; NEW CALEDONIA; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TROPHIC STATUS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BACTERIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

NUTRIENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL A;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COASTAL LAGOON; CORAL REEF; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; RAIN; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WIND;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956009935     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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