Seasonal response of stream biofilm communities to dissolved organic matter and nutrient enrichments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2278-2287

  Olapade, Ola A ^a,b   Leff, Laura G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; GLUCOSE; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIAL ASSEMBLAGES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (DOM); INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

BIOFILMS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GLUCOSE; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOFILM; DIFFUSION; EXUDATE; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; LEACHING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; SEASONS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 18444365294     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2278-2287.2005     Document Type: Article

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