Spatial scale and the diversity of benthic cyanobacteria and diatoms in a salina

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 401, Issue , 1999, Pages 199-206

  Nubel U ^a   Garcia Pichel, F ^a   Kuhl M ^b   Muyzer, G ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Biodiversity; Cyanobacteria; Diatom; Hypersaline; Microbial mat; Microbial richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE SEQUENCING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; SALINE LAKE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; SALINA;

EID: 0033133359     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003702814150     Document Type: Article

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