Mediterranean Sea

Bacteria taxonomic abundance in water bodies; Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies; Bacteria generic abundance in sediment; Electrical conductivity of the water column; Bacterial growth; Primary production in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Ocean colour and earth-leaving visible waveband spectral radiation; Temperature of the water column; Bacterial production in the water column; Bacteria taxonomic abundance in sediment; Bacterial consumption in the water column

Discrete water samplers; ocean colour radiometers; continuous water samplers; particulates samplers; CTD; sediment settling tubes

A collaborative EU programme of microbiologists examining the microbiology of the oligotrophic Mediterranean sea during 1993-1996 (5 cruises). Original data are available for the whole project from the Mediterranean targetted program final reports and databases.

Turley, C.M., Bianchi, M., Christaki, U., Conan, P., Harris, J.R.W., Psarra, S., Ruddy, G., Stutt, E.D., Tselepide, A., Van Wambeke, F. (2000) Relationship between primary producers and bacteria in an oligotrophic sea--the Mediterranean and biogeochemical implications., Marine Ecology Progress Series 193: 11-18.; Turley, C.M., and Stutt, E.D. (2000) Depth-related cell-specific bacterial leucine incorporation rates on particles and its biogeochemical significance in the Northwest Mediterranean., Limnology and Oceanography 45(2): 419-425.; Conan, P., Turley, C.M., Stutt, E., Pujo-Pay, M., and Van Wambeke, F. (1999) Relationship between phytoplankton efficiency and the proportion of bacterial production to primary production in the Mediterranean Sea., Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 17(2): 131-144.

Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Prospect Place The Hoe
Plymouth
England
PL1 3DH
United Kingdom