Light:dark (12:12 h) quantification of carbohydrate fluxes in Crocosphaera watsonii

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-55

  Dron, Anthony ^a,b   Rabouille, Sophie ^a,b   Claquin, Pascal ^d,e   Chang, Patrick ^a,c   Raimbault, Virginie ^d,e   Talec, Amélie ^a,b   Sciandra, Antoine ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon; Continuous culture; Diazotroph; EPS; Excretion; Extracellular polymeric substances; TEP; Transparent exopolymeric particles; UCYN

Indexed keywords

CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII;

EID: 84869809165     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01600     Document Type: Article

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