Estuarine microbial food web patterns in a Lake Erie coastal wetland

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 567-577

  Lavrentyev, P J ^a   McCarthy, M J ^b   Klarer, D M ^c   Jochem, F ^d   Gardner, W S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS; PROTISTA;

FRESH WATER; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; OHIO; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 14944385549     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-004-0250-0     Document Type: Article

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