Microbial communities and processes in ice-covered Arctic waters of the northwestern Fram Strait (75 to 80° N) during the vernal pre-bloom phase

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-266

  Seuthe, Lena ^a   Töpper, Birte ^b   Reigstad, Marit ^a   Thyrhaug, Runar ^b   Vaquer Sunyer, Raquel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Flow cytometry; Microzooplankton; Mixotrophy; Planktonic metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 80053031709     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01525     Document Type: Article

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