In situ determination of sulfide turnover rates in a meromictic alpine lake

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 712-717

  Lüthy, Lucas ^a   Fritz, Markus ^a   Bachofen, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; OXYGEN; SULFIDE;

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SULFIDE; TURNOVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAKE; MEASUREMENT; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUNLIGHT; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE; TURNOVER TIME; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFIDES; SWITZERLAND; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0343503032     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.712-717.2000     Document Type: Article

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