Disentangling the effect of viruses and nanoflagellates on prokaryotes in bathypelagic waters of the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 418, Issue , 2010, Pages 73-85

  Fonda Umani, Serena ^a   Malisana, Elisa ^a   Focaracci, Francesca ^a   Magagnini, Mirko ^b   Corinaldesi, Cinzia ^b   Danovaro, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bathypelagic waters; Heterotrophic; Mediterranean Sea; Microzooplankton; Nanoplankton; Prokaryotes; Virioplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; DEEP SEA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLAGELLATE; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; NANOPLANKTON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PREDATOR CONTROL; PROKARYOTE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 78649547960     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08803     Document Type: Article

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