Microbial distribution and activity across a water mass frontal zone in the California Current Ecosystem

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 802-814

  Samo, Ty J ^a   Pedler, Byron E ^a   Ball, Gregory I ^a   Pasulka, Alexis L ^a   Taylor, Andrew G ^a   Aluwihare, Lihini I ^a   Azam, Farooq ^a   Goericke, Ralf ^a   Landry, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A Front California Current; bacteria flagellates; organic matter biogeochemistry; viruses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; HYDROGRAPHY; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEANIC FRONT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; VIRUS; WATER MASS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 84864716979     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs048     Document Type: Article

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