Bacterioplankton from cenotes and anchialine caves of Quintana Roo, Y̧ucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 19-25

  Alcocer, Javier ^a   Lugo, Alfonso ^a   Sánchez, María Del Rosario ^a   Escobar, Elva ^b   Sánchez, Malinali ^a  

^a Environmental Conservation and Improvement Project   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Nutrients; Plankton; Sinkholes; Submersed caves

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142710291     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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