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Regulation of bacterial abundance along the trophic gradient in the central Adriatic

Bacterial and heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) abundance, as well as bacterial production and chlorophyll a, were measured at five sites extending from coastal zone toward the open Adriatic in period from March to October 1995. All investigated parameters increased along the trophic gradient. Different increasing rates of individual parameters caused decreasing Bacterial biomass/chl a and increasing Bacteria/HNF ratios with increasing trophy which might reflect the different structures of microbial food web.

Bacteria; Biomass; Trophic gradient; Adriatic Sea

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