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Microbial Primary Production

Microbial Primary Production is the process by which autotrophic microorganisms, primarily phytoplankton and cyanobacteria in marine environments, fix inorganic carbon into organic matter through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, forming the foundation of polar and oceanic food webs.

332

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435

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Microbial Primary Productivity

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332

Bacterial production in fresh and saltwater ecosystems: a cross-system overview

J. R. Cole, Stuart Findlay · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1988 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Thymidine incorporation as a measure of heterotrophic bacterioplankton production in marine surface waters: Evaluation and field results

Jed A. Fuhrman, Farooq Azam · Marine Biology · 1982 · 1.4K citations

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Bacterioplankton Secondary Production Estimates for Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Antarctica, and California

Jed A. Fuhrman, Farooq Azam · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1980 · 878 citations · Full text

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Primary production, sinking fluxes and the microbial food web

Anthony F. Michaels, Mary W. Silver · Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers · 1988 · 572 citations

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Chroococcoid cyanobacteria in the sea: A ubiquitous and diverse phototrophic biomass1

Paul W. Johnson, John McN. Sieburth · Limnology and Oceanography · 1979 · 556 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.1K

  1. FV
    France Van Wambeke

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    6 publications · 385 citations

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  2. MJ
    Mats Jansson

    Umeå University, Sweden

    6 publications · 436 citations

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  3. HW
    Hugh W. Ducklow

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    5 publications · 438 citations

    5

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  4. JK
    Jan Karlsson

    Umeå University, Sweden

    4 publications · 241 citations

    4

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  5. FA
    Farooq Azam

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    4 publications · 2.7K citations

    4

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Institutions

435

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    56 publications

    3.9K citations

  2. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    900 citations

  3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    5.8K citations

  4. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    895 citations

  6. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    969 citations

  7. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    904 citations

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  1. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 26 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. Limnology and Oceanography

    24 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Microbial Ecology

    13 publications · 821 citations

    13

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  4. Aquatic Microbial Ecology

    10 publications · 438 citations

    10

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  5. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 10 publications · 1.6K citations

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