Seasonal changes in numbers and the location of a particular bacterial strain of Alteromonas sp. in seagrass sediments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Glazebrook, P W ^a,c   Moriarty, D J W ^b,c   Hayward, A C ^a   MacRae, I C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CRA ATD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEROMONAS SPP.; ALTEROMONAS; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

BACTERIA; POPULATION NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0029667776     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00175071     Document Type: Article

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