Large-scale geographical variation in prokaryotic abundance and production in meso- and bathypelagic zones of the central Pacific and Southern ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-73

  Yokokawa, Taichi ^a,b   Yang, Yanhui ^b,c   Motegi, Chiaki ^b,d   Nagata, Toshi ^b,c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; DEEP WATER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PROKARYOTE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84875340446     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.1.0061     Document Type: Article

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