Seasonal variation in the structure of a marine benthic microbial community

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-30

  Findlay, R H ^a,b   Watling, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031865448     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900089     Document Type: Article

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