Limitation of lowland riverine bacterioplankton by dissolved organic carbon and inorganic nutrients

Douglas P. Westhorpe1, Simon M. Mitrovic2, D. A. Ryan3, Teiichi Kobayashi4
1New South Wales Office of Water, P.O. Box U245, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia
2New South Wales Office of Water, P.O. Box 3720, Parramatta, NSW, 2124, Australia
3New South Wales Office of Water, Parramatta, Australia
4Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water NSW, Sydney South, Australia

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