Jet-suspended, calcite-ballasted cyanobacterial waterwarts in a desert spring

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 420-428

  Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a   Wade, Brian D ^a   Farmer, Jack D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Calcite precipitation; Colony formation; Cyanobacteria; Deserts; Warm springs

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COLONY; CYANOBACTERIUM; SPRING WATER;

CHIHUAHUAN STATE; MEXICO;

APHANOTHECE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE; MERISMOPEDIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 0036070479     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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