Role of free-living and particle-attached bacteria in the recycling and export of organic material in the hudson bay system

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 434-445

  Lapoussière, Amandine ^a,b   Michel, Christine ^b   Starr, Michel ^c   Gosselin, Michel ^a   Poulin, Michel ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Hudson Bay; Organic carbon; Protists; Recycling; Sedimentation; Sinking velocity; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL NUMBERS; CELL SIZE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATERIALS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; HUDSON BAY; HUDSON STRAIT; HYDROLYTIC ACTIVITIES; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; NUCLEIC ACID CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PROTIST CELLS; PROTISTS; SETTLING COLUMNS; SINKING VELOCITY; STOKE'S LAW; SUBARCTIC; TOTAL CARBON;

BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; RECYCLING;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; RECYCLING; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENTATION; STOKES FORMULA; SUBARCTIC REGION; VELOCITY;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; HUDSON STRAIT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA;

EID: 79961017025     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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