Variations in Apparent Oxygen Utilization and Effects of P Addition on Bacterial Respiration in Subtropical Hong Kong Waters

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 536-543

  Yuan, Xiangcheng ^a,b   Yin, Kedong ^a,c   Harrison, Paul J ^b   He, Lei ^b   Xu, Jie ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth efficiency; Bacterial production; Bacterial respiration; Hong Kong coastal waters; Pearl River estuary; Phosphorus limitation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RESPIRATION; SEASONALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953172885     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9329-7     Document Type: Article

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