The microbiome of North Sea copepods

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 757-773

  Gerdts, G ^a   Brandt, P ^a   Kreisel, K ^a   Boersma, M ^a   Schoo, K L ^b   Wichels, A ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Copepod; Helgoland roads; North Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOME; CLONE; CRUSTACEAN; DNA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

ACARTIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; CENTROPAGES; COPEPODA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 84888307908     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-013-0361-4     Document Type: Article

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