Spatial variability of particle-attached and free-living bacterial diversity in surface waters from the Mackenzie River to the Beaufort Sea (Canadian Arctic)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2747-2759

  Ortega Retuerta, E ^a,b,d   Joux, F ^a,b   Jeffrey, W H ^c   Ghiglione, J F ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENERALIST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPEN OCEAN; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE WATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84887974722     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2747-2013     Document Type: Article

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