Sulfur bacteria in sediments of two coastal ecosystems: The Bassin d'Arcachon and the Etang du Prévost, France

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 329, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 199-210

  Schaub, Bartholomeus E M ^a,b   Van Gemerden, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Marine sediments; MPN counts; Oxygen; Sulfide; Sulfur bacteria; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029963637     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00034558     Document Type: Article

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