Degree of oligotrophy controls the response of microbial plankton to Saharan dust

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2339-2352

  Marañón, Emilio ^a   Fernández, Ana ^a   Mouriño Carballido, Beatriz ^a   Martínez García, Sandra ^a   Teira, Eva ^a   Cermeño, Pedro ^a   Chouciño, Paloma ^a   Huete Ortega, María ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a   Calvo Díaz, Alejandra ^b   Morán, Xosé Anxelu G ^b   Bode, Antonio ^c   Moreno Ostos, Enrique ^d   Varela, Marta M ^e   Patey, Matthew D ^f   Achterberg, Eric P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c Paseo Marítimo Alcalde Francisco Vázquez   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOASSAY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; DUST; METABOLISM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); SAHARA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78649597148     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2339     Document Type: Article

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