Homeostatic interactions between the benthic microbial communities and the waters of a hypersaline lake, Lake Hayward, Western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 623-631

  Burke, Christopher M ^a,b   Knott, Brenton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; HYPERSALINE LAKE; LIMNOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE HAYWARD; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CYANOTHECE; MICROCOLEUS;

EID: 0031405413     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF96102     Document Type: Article

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