Evidence for tight coupling between active bacteria and particulate organic carbon during seasonal stratification of Lake Michigan

Agriculture & Biology

• particulate organic carbon 100%
• Lake Michigan 89%
• particulate organic matter 87%
• bacterial biomass 38%
• bacteria 34%
• stable isotopes 28%
• biomass 22%
• temperature profiles 19%
• ecology 13%
• ribosomal RNA 12%
• primary productivity 10%
• surface water 9%
• recycling 8%
• chlorophyll 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• particulate organic carbon 72%
• particulate organic matter 71%
• stratification 53%
• bacterium 40%
• lake 36%
• biomass 27%
• stable isotope 22%
• RNA 18%
• ecology 13%
• primary production 8%
• chlorophyll 8%
• recycling 6%
• surface water 6%
• transition 5%
• analysis 2%