Microbial food webs in the Mediterranean Sea
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U. Christaki, F. Van Wambeke, D. Lefevre, A. Lagaria, L. Prieur, M. Pujo-Pay, J.-D. Grattepanche, J. Colombet, S. Psarra, J. R. Dolan, T. Sime-Ngando, P. Conan, M. G. Weinbauer, and T. Moutin INSU-CNRS, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d’Océanologie et des Géosciences, Université Lille Nord de France, ULCO, 32 avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux, France INSU-CNRS, UMR 6117, LGEM, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Géochimie et Ecologie Marines,Université de la Méditerranée, Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille, Campus de Luminy Case 901, 13 288 Marseille cedex 9, France Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Inst. of Oceanography, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece INSU-CNRS, UMR 7094, LOV, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche sur Mer, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Port de la darse, 06238 Villefranche sur Mer, France INSU-CNRS, UMR 7621, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique, 66651 Banyuls/mer, France
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