Artificial cyanobacterial mats: Structure and composition of the biota

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-251

  Fenchel, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biotal composition; Cyanobacterial mats; Microscopic structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS; NOSTOC; PHORMIDIUM; PSEUDANABAENA;

EID: 0000213622     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame014241     Document Type: Article

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