Annual cycle of organic matter partitioning and its availability to bacteria across the Santa Barbara Channel continental shelf

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-209

  Halewood, Elisa R ^a   Carlson, Craig A ^a   Brzezinski, Mark A ^a   Reed, Daniel C ^a   Goodman, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial carbon demand; Bacterial growth efficiency; Bacterial production; Bioavailability; Dissolved organic carbon; Santa Barbara Channel

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84869805654     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01586     Document Type: Article

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