Dynamics of prokaryotic picoplankton community in the central and southern Adriatic Sea (Croatia)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 471-481

  Šantić, Danijela ^a   Krstulović, Nada ^a   Šolić, Mladen ^a   Ordulj, Marin ^b   Kušpilić, Grozdan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b Department of Marine Studies   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Heterotrophic bacteria; HNA; LNA; Prochlorococcus; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPEN OCEAN; PICOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; SEASONALITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84882881651     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-012-0336-x     Document Type: Article

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