Microbial communities on glacier surfaces in Svalbard: Impact of physical and chemical properties on abundance and structure of cyanobacteria and algae

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 644-654

  Stibal, Marek ^a,b,d   Šabacká, Marie ^a,b,c   Kaštovská, Klára ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICE COVER; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; SVALBARD;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; NOSTOC; PHORMIDIUM;

EID: 33845534933     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9083-3     Document Type: Article

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