Eukaryotic versus prokaryotic marine picoplankton ecology

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1254-1261

  Massana, Ramon ^a   Logares, Ramiro ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW;

ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTA; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLANKTON; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84876490476     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12043     Document Type: Review

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