North East Atlantic

Bacteria taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column; Bacteria taxonomic abundance in water bodies; Bacteria taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass in sediment; Bacteria non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column; Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies; Bacteria generic abundance in sediment; Bacteria non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as protein per unit volume of the water column; Bacterial growth; Temperature of the water column; Bacterial production in the water column; Bacteria taxonomic abundance in sediment; Bacterial consumption in the water column

In-situ incubators

Data are from three BENBO cruises - before and after the flux of spring bloom material to the benthic boundary layer.

Turley, C.M and Dixon, J.L. (2002) Bacterial numbers and growth in surficial deep-sea sediments and phytodetritus in the NE Atlantic: Relationships with particulate organic carbon and total nitrogen., Deep Sea Research I, 49(5): 815-826.; Dixon, J.L., and Turley, C.M. (2000) The effect of water depth on bacterial numbers, thymidine incorporation rates and C:N ratios in northeast Atlantic surficial sediments., Hydrobiologia 440(1-3): 217-225.; Dixon, J.L., and Turley, C.M. (2001) Measuring Bacterial Production in Deep-Sea Sediments using 3H-Thymidine Incorporation: Ecological Significance., Microbial Ecology, 42(4): 549-561.

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