Interrelationships between rates of microbial production, exopolymer production, microbial biomass, and sediment stability in biofilms of intertidal sediments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 116-127

  Yallop, M L ^a   Paterson, D M ^b   Wellsbury, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLLOID; DEWATERING; ENVIRONMENT; EXOPOLYMER; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; MODEL; POLYMER; SEDIMENT;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; EXOPOLYMER; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0034117650     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900186     Document Type: Article

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