Distinct communities of free-living and copepod-associated microorganisms along a salinity gradient in Godthåbsfjord, West Greenland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 471-480

  Dziallas, Claudia ^a,b   Grossart, Hans Peter ^a,c   Tang, Kam W ^d   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^e,f  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FJORD; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL WARMING; MELTWATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SUMMER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; GODTHABSFJORD; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84888877689     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246.45.4.471     Document Type: Article

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