Carbon fluxes through estuarine bacteria reflect coupling with phytoplankton

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 489, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-85

  Morán, Xosé Anxelu G ^a   Ducklow, Hugh W ^b,c   Erickson, Matthew ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbon fluxes; Estuaries; Phytoplankton; Trophic coupling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HETEROTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WAQUOIT BAY;

EID: 84883431881     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10428     Document Type: Article

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