Microbial food webs and metabolic state across oligotrophic waters of the Mediterranean Sea during summer
The abundance and activity of the major members of the heterotrophic microbial community – from viruses to ciliates – were studied along a longitudinal transect across the Mediterranean Sea in the summer of 2008. The Mediterranean Sea is characterized by a west to-east gradient of deepening of DCM (...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-07-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/8/1839/2011/bg-8-1839-2011.pdf |