Bacterial distribution and nutrient limitation in relation to different water masses in the coastal and northwestern South China Sea in late summer

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1214-1223

  Yuan, Xiangcheng ^a,b   He, Lei ^a,c   Yin, Kedong ^c,d   Pan, Gang ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial abundance and production; P limitation; South China Sea; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROTROPHY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79958170985     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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