Construction and destruction of carbonates by marine and freshwater cyanobacteria

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 417-426

  Schneider, Jürgen ^a   Le Campion Alsumard, Thérèse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Biokarst; Carbonates; Epi endolithic cyanobacteria; Freshwater; Marine; Terrestrial environments

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

EID: 0032764710     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026299002280     Document Type: Article

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