Environmental controlling mechanisms on bacterial abundance in the South China Sea inferred from generalized additive models (GAMs)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 72, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-76

  Chen, Bingzhang ^a   Liu, Hongbin ^b   Huang, Bangqin ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Generalized additive model; Heterotrophic bacteria; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTOCORRELATION; BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; MIXED LAYER; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VARIOGRAM; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861979896     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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