Large-scale environmental controls on microbial biofilms in high-alpine streams

Biogeosciences

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-171

  Battin, T J ^a,b   Wille, A ^c   Psenner, R ^c   Richter, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOFILM; STREAM;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 21844462088     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-1-159-2004     Document Type: Article

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