Microbial food web dynamics in response to a Saharan dust event: Results from a mesocosm study in the oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5607-5619

  Pulido Villena, E ^a   Baudoux, A C ^b,d,h   Obernosterer, I ^c,d   Landa, M ^c,d   Caparros, J ^c,d   Catala, P ^c,d   Georges, C ^c,d,i   Harmand, J ^e,f   Guieu, C ^g  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^h Station Biologique de Roscoff   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACTERIUM; DUST; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL LOOP; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; VIRUS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84893215700     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-5607-2014     Document Type: Article

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