Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in coastal lagoons: Does microbial diversity play any role?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 4-12

  Danovaro, Roberto ^a   Pusceddu, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

coastal lagoons; ecosystem functioning; prokaryotic biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34548395373     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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