Major role of bacteria in biogeochemical fluxes in the ocean's interior

A study which reports that free-living bacteria, rather than the particle-feeding zooplankton, are the principal mediators of particle decomposition in the central north Pacific gyre and the eutrophic Santa Monica basin, is examined.

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 332; no. 6163; pp. 441 - 443
Main Authors:	Cho, Byung C, Azam, Farooq
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing 31-03-1988 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Bacteria Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Eutrophication Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Marine Microbiology Oceanography Zooplankton Santa Monica Basin Pacific Ocean I, Pacific
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