Indirect effects of food web diversity and productivity on bacterial community function and composition

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 514-521

  Krumins, J A ^a   Long, Z T ^a,b   Steiner, C F ^a,c   Morin, P J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Decomposition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33745064551     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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