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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Main Authors: U. Christaki, F. Van Wambeke, D. Lefevre, A. Lagaria, L. Prieur, M. Pujo-Pay, J.-D. Grattepanche, J. Colombet, S. Psarra, J. R. Dolan, T. Sime-Ngando, P. Conan, M. G. Weinbauer, T. Moutin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-07-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/8/1839/2011/bg-8-1839-2011.pdf