Sedimentary microbial community dynamics in a regulated stream: East Fork of the Little Miami River, Ohio

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 256-266

  Sutton, Susan D ^a,b   Findlay, Robert H ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASON; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OHIO; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037383675     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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