Seasonal patterns in the sunlight sensitivity of bacterioplankton from Mediterranean surface coastal waters

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 661-674

  Ruiz González, Clara ^a   Lefort, Thomas ^a   Galí, Martí ^a   Montserrat Sala, M ^a   Sommaruga, Ruben ^b   Simó, Rafel ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heterotrophic bacteria; Leucine; MAR CARD FISH; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HETEROTROPHY; INHIBITION; IRRADIANCE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTON; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BLANES BAY; CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEOBACTER; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84856030503     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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