Faster growth of the major prokaryotic versus eukaryotic CO2 fixers in the oligotrophic ocean

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; SEA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LINEAR MODELS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899804849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4776     Document Type: Article

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