Microbial food webs and metabolic state across oligotrophic waters of the Mediterranean Sea during summer

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1839-1852

  Christaki, U ^a   Van Wambeke, F ^b   Lefevre, D ^b   Lagaria, A ^a,c   Prieur, L ^d,f   Pujo Pay, M ^e,f   Grattepanche, J D ^a   Colombet, J ^g   Psarra, S ^c   Dolan, J R ^d,f   Sime Ngando, T ^g   Conan, P ^e,f   Weinbauer, M G ^d,f   Moutin, T ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTICYCLONE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CILIATE; DATA SET; EDDY; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUMMER; VIRUS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 79960466086     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-1839-2011     Document Type: Article

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