Linking bacterioplankton community structures to environmental state variables and phytoplankton assemblages in two South Carolina salt marsh estuaries

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-145

  Johnson, Wes ^a   Lewitus, Alan J ^b,c   Fletcher, Madilyn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Community structure; DGGE; HPLC; Phytoplankton; Salt marsh estuary

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33845876659     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame045129     Document Type: Article

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