Prokaryotic and diazotrophic population dynamics within a large oligotrophic inverse estuary

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Messer, L F ^a   Doubell, M ^b   Jeffries, T C ^a   Brown, M V ^c   Seymour, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community composition; Diazotroph; Inverse estuary; Marine bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84921032378     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01726     Document Type: Article

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