Distribution of Synechococcus in the dark ocean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Sohrin, Rumi ^a   Isaji, Makishi ^a   Obara, Yoshimi ^a   Agostini, Sylvain ^a   Suzuki, Yoshimi ^a   Hiroe, Yutaka ^b   Ichikawa, Tadafumi ^b   Hidaka, Kiyotaka ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dark ocean; Synechococcus; Vertical distribution; Vertical export

Indexed keywords

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 79959486979     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01508     Document Type: Article

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