Does ecosystem size determine aquatic bacterial richness?

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1715-1722

  Reche, Isabel ^a,b   Pulido Villena, Elvira ^b   Morales Baquero, Rafael ^a   Casamayor, Emilio O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial community structure; Dispersion; Diversity; Ecosystem size; Island biogeography; Richness

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS;

EID: 21744441220     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1587     Document Type: Article

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