Comparison of planktonic microbial communities among nine North American streams

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-239

  Olapade, Ola A ^a,b   Brothers, Amanda ^a,b   Crissman, Mark ^a,b   Gao, Xueqing ^a,c   Leff, Laura G ^a,b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Community; Protozoa; Streams; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; STREAM; VIRUS PARTICLE;

NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 33645366434     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0165-0221     Document Type: Article

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