Ultrahigh bacterial production in a eutrophic subtropical Australian river: Does viral lysis short-circuit the microbial loop?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1115-1129

  Pollarda, Peter C ^a   Ducklow, Hugh ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL LOOP; RESPIRATION;

AUSTRALIA; BREMER RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956341520     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.1115     Document Type: Article

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