Dynamics of bacterial community composition during degradation of copepod fecal pellets

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 700-710

  Jing, Hongmei ^a   Shek, Loklun ^a   Yung, Waiyi ^a   Jin, Xiwan ^a   Liu, Hongbin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bacteria; DGGE; fecal pellet degradation; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECAL PELLET; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SULFITOBACTER;

EID: 84863316639     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs043     Document Type: Article

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