Relation between bacterial activity in the surface microlayer and estuarine hydrodynamics

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 636-646

  Santos, Luísa ^a   Santos, Ana L ^a   Coelho, Francisco J R C ^a   Gomes, Newton C Marcial ^a   Dias, João Miguel ^a   Cunha, Ângela ^a   Almeida, Adelaide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacterial biomass productivity; Bacterioneuston; Bacterioplankton; Hydrodynamic model; Ria de Aveiro; Surface microlayer

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIXING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SEAWATER;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79961170021     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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