Effect of bacterial community dynamics on DOC seasonal changes in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1249-1262

  Trabelsi, Asma ^a   Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

bacterial activity; community structure; DOC seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ELECTROKINESIS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 79960375939     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr024     Document Type: Article

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