Abundance, structure and function of zooplankton-associated bacterial communities within the York River, VA

Mesozooplankton function as microbial microhabitats and can support concentrations of bacteria orders of magnitude higher than in the surrounding water. These zooplankton-associated bacteria can have much higher production rates than their free-living counterparts. Portions of the zooplankton microh...

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Main Author: Bickel, Samantha L.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2013
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616567
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2135&context=etd