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DECOMPOSITION IN PELAGIC MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

Published in: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa
Volume 12 , issue 1-2 : Entrepreneurship and Africa’s Cultural Context , 2024 , pages: 99–122
DOI: 10.1080/03779688.1986.9639401
Author(s): M.I. Lucas Zoology Department, South Africa,
Keywords: Oceans, microbial processes, microheterotrophs, bacteria, microbial communities, carbon, nitrogen,
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Abstract

During the decomposition of plant detritus, complex microbial successions develop which are dominated in the early stages by a number of distinct bacterial morphotypes. The microheterotrophic community rapidly becomes heterogenous and may include cyanobacteria, fungi, yeasts and bactivorous protozoans.
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