Bacterial colonization of suspended solids in the River Danube

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-44

  Berger, Barbara ^a   Hoch, Birgit ^a   Kavka, Gerhard ^b   Herndl, Gerhard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Federal Institute of Water Quality   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Danube; Organic matter; Particle; River; Suspended matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030057609     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame010037     Document Type: Article

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