Environmental dynamics as a structuring factor for microbial carbon utilization in a subtropical coastal lagoon

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Alonso, Cecilia ^a   Piccini, Claudia ^b   Unrein, Fernando ^c   Bertoglio, Florencia ^a   Conde, Daniel ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Carbon; Estuary; Hydrology; Laguna de Rocha

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 84875906056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00014     Document Type: Article

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