Microbial assemblages and production in alluvial aquifers of the Flathead River, Montana, USA

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 382-402

  Ellis, Bonnie K ^a   Stanford, Jack A ^a   Ward, James V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Bacteria; Biofilm; Fungi; Ground water; Hyporheic; Microbial; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

FLATHEAD RIVER; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032460453     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468361     Document Type: Article

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