Production and Fate of Bacteria in the Oceans

Recent research suggests that aerobic, heterotrophic bacteria in the marine euphotic zone are not merely decomposers of detritus. The bacterial biomass in the coastal and open oceans is large and productive, suggesting that bacteria are important as producers of organic matter. It appears likely that the bacterial production is removed quantitatively by small predators. (Accepted for publication 16 March 1983)

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