Community structure and photosynthetic activity of epilithon from a highly acidic (pH ≤ 2) mountain stream in Patagonia, Argentina

Extremophiles

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 463-473

  Baffico, Gustavo D ^a   Diaz, Mónica M ^a,b   Wenzel, M Teresa ^c   Koschorreck, Matthias ^d   Schimmele, Michael ^e   Neu, Thomas R ^d   Pedrozo, Fernando ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e IESGO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidic stream; Gloeochrysis; Oxygen fluxes; pH; Photosynthetic rate

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHRYSOPHYTA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE, GOLDEN-BROWN; ARGENTINA; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOPHYCEAE; EPILITHON; FUNGI;

EID: 12544252869     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0408-1     Document Type: Article

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