Microbial diversity along a sediment detrital particle size gradient

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-289

  Yeager, P E ^a   Sinsabaugh, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Benthic; Ecology; Freshwater; Molecular

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT GROWTH; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

DETRITUS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032471384     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009944328443     Document Type: Article

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