Includes bibliographical references and index.

Marine microbes : an overview / Evelyn Sherr and Barry Sherr -- Evolution, diversity, and molecular ecology of marine prokaryotes / Stephen Giovannoni and Michael Rapp e -- Bacterial production and biomass in the oceans / Hugh Ducklow -- Production mechanisms of dissolved organic matter / Toshi Nagata -- Heterotrophic bacteria and the dynamics of dissolved organic material / Peter J. le B. Williams -- UV radiation effects on microbes and microbial processes / Mary Ann Moran and Richard G. Zepp -- Control of bacterial growth in idealized food webs / T. Frede Thingstad -- Uptake and regeneration of inorganic nutrients by marine heterotrophic bacteria / David L. Kirchman -- Bacterial energetics and growth efficiency / Paul A. del Giorgio and Jonathan J. Cole -- Impact of viruses on bacterial processes / Jed Fuhrman -- Bacterivory : interactions between bacteria and their grazers / Suzanne L. Strom -- Marine nitrogen fixation / Hans W. Paerl and Jonathan P. Zehr -- Nitrification and the marine nitrogen cycle / Bess B. Ward -- The marine microbial nitrogen cycle / Douglas G. Capone -- Symbiosis and mixotrophy among pelagic microorganisms / David A. Caron.