Microbial biomass and community structures in the burrows of bromophenol producing and non-producing marine worms and surrounding sediments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 149-165

  Steward, Charles C ^a   Nold, Stephen C ^b   Ringelberg, David B ^b   White, David C ^b   Lovell, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infaunal worms; Marine sediment; Microbial communities; Phospholipid fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BROMOPHENOL; BURROWS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MARINE WORMS; MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 0029667227     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps133149     Document Type: Article

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