Marine Ecology Progress Series
MEPS is a leading hybrid research journal on all aspects of marine, coastal and estuarine ecology. Priority is given to outstanding research that advances our ecological understanding.
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Mar Ecol Prog Ser 10:257-263 (1982)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps010257
copiedThe Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea
ABSTRACT:
F. Azam (Co-author)
T. Fenchel (Co-author)
J. G. Field (Co-author)
J. S. Gray (Co-author)
L. A. Meyer-Reil (Co-author)
F. Thingstad (Co-author)