Abundance of eukaryotic microbes in the deep subtropical North Atlantic

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-115

  Morgan Smith, Danielle ^a   Herndl, Gerhard J ^b,c   Van Aken, Hendrik M ^c   Bochdansky, Alexander B ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CARD FISH; Deep sea; Eukaryotic microbes

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655181249     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01536     Document Type: Article

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