Heterotrophic bacterial activity and fluxes of dissolved free amino acids and glucose in the Arctic rivers Ob, Yenisei and the adjacent Kara Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-135

  Meon, Benedikt ^a,b   Amon, Rainer M W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Arctic rivers; Bacteria; Bacterial carbon demand; Bacterial growth efficiency; Dissolved free amino acids; Glucose; Kara Sea; Riverine dissolved organic material

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 9644261154     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame037121     Document Type: Article

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