Horizontal and vertical migration patterns of Phormidium corallyticum and Beggiatoa spp. associated with black-band disease of corals

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-335

  Richardson, L L ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEGGIATOA; PHORMIDIUM CORALLYTICUM;

BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROORGANISMS; MIGRATIONS;

EID: 0030304799     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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