Zooplankton-associated and free-living bacteria in the York River, Chesapeake Bay: Comparison of seasonal variations and controlling factors

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 722, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 305-318

  Bickel, Samantha L ^a   Tang, Kam W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Environmental controls; Epibiotic; Temporal variability; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRUSTACEAN; EPIBIOSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROHABITAT; PHOSPHATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA TONSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BALANUS; BALANUS SP.; COPEPODA;

EID: 84888302157     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1725-0     Document Type: Article

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