Marine microbial ecology in the sub-Antarctic Zone: Rates of bacterial and phytoplankton growth and grazing by heterotrophic protists

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2248-2259

  Pearce, Imojen ^a,b   Davidson, Andrew T ^a,b   Thomson, Paul G ^a,b   Wright, Simon ^a,b   van den Enden, Rick ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Grazing dilution; Growth; Microzooplankton; Phytoplankton; Sub Antarctic zone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BACTERIVORY; CARBON EXPORT; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DILUTION TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRONTAL ZONES; GRAZING DILUTION; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; HIGH RATE; MARINE MICROBE; MICROBIAL ABUNDANCES; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL LOOP; MICROZOOPLANKTON; MICROZOOPLANKTONS; NANOFLAGELLATES; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; POLAR FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALISATION; SAMPLING SITE; SEASONALITY; SIZE FRACTION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUB-ANTARCTIC ZONE; VERTICAL FLUXES; WATER MASS;

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; IRON; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL LOOP; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTIST; SEASONALITY; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROTISTA;

EID: 80051954826     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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