The impact of sediment-stabilizing biofilms on the architecture of sedimentary structures (Mellum Island, Southern North Sea)

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 201, 1997, Pages 297-305

  Noffke, N ^a   Gerdes, G ^a   Klenke, Th ^a   Krumbein, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Biostabilization; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Microbial mats; Sedimentary structures; Siliciclastic; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODEGRADATION; BIOEROSION; BIOFILM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION;

SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031401378     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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