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Microbial Processes in the Black Sea Water Column and Top Sediment: An Overview

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Black Sea Oceanography

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 351))

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Biochemical transformations catalyzed enzymatically by various metabolic types of microorganisms are discussed in connection with the specific projects to be studied during Leg 2 of the R/V KNORR Black Sea Cruise No. 134-9, May 1988.

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  1. Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, USA

    Holger W. Jannasch

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  1. Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey

    Erol İzdar

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    James W. Murray

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Jannasch, H.W. (1991). Microbial Processes in the Black Sea Water Column and Top Sediment: An Overview. In: İzdar, E., Murray, J.W. (eds) Black Sea Oceanography. NATO ASI Series, vol 351. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2608-3_16

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