Plankton metabolism and dissolved organic carbon use in the Bay of Palma, NW Mediterranean Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Navarro, Nuria ^a,b   Agustí, Susana ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial abundance; Bacterial respiration; Community respiration; Gross primary production; Net community production; Net DOC production

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 9944222832     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame037047     Document Type: Article

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