Bacterial abundance and production in epipelagic and mesopelagic waters in the Subantarctic and Polar Front zones south of Tasmania

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2212-2221

  Dumont, Isabelle ^a   Schoemann, Véronique ^a   Jacquet, Stéphanie H M ^b   Masson, Florence ^a   Becquevort, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial production; BGE; Carbon; Mesopelagic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BGE; CARBON EXPORT; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONVERSION FACTOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MESOPELAGIC; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; POLAR FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE LAYERS; TWILIGHT ZONE; WATER COLUMNS;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTIC ZONE; POLAR FRONT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; SURFACE LAYER; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80052766837     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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