A geostatistical analysis of small-scale spatial variability in bacterial abundance and community structure in salt marsh creek bank sediments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-80

  Franklin, Rima B ^a   Blum, Linda K ^a   McComb, Alison C ^a   Mills, Aaron L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Geostatistics; Microbial community; Salt marsh; Sediment; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOSTATISTICS; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SALT MARSH; SAMPLE; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NON-NASA CENTER;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEAWATER; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRGINIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036803124     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00320-3     Document Type: Article

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