Algae promote growth of stalagmites and stalactites in karst caves (Škocjanske Jame, Slovenia)

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-9

  Mulec, Janez ^a   Kosi, Gorazd ^b   Vrhovšek, Danijel ^c  

^a KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c Limnos   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; CARBONATE; CAVE; CYANOBACTERIUM; KARST; SPELEOTHEM; STALACTITE; STALAGMITE; STROMATOLITE; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SKOCJANSKE JAME; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; CALOTHRIX SP.; COCCOIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA; HOMOEOTHRIX; SCHIZOTHRIX;

EID: 34347400579     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175841     Document Type: Article

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