Epilithic bacterial and algal colonization in a stream run, riffle, and pool: A test of biomass covariation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-166

  Sobczak, William V ^a,b   Burton, Thomas M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm; epilithic algae; epilithic bacteria; Stream ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; EPILITHIC ALGAE; EPILITHIC BACTERIA; STREAM ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0030303129     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00031921     Document Type: Article

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