Hyporheic biofilm particulate organic carbon in a small lowland stream (Sitka, Czech Republic): Structure and distribution

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 402-412

  Koutný, Jan ^a   Rulík, Martin ^b  

^a Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacterial abundance; Biomass; Hyporheic sediments

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SEDIMENTS;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM BED;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548493012     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200610989     Document Type: Article

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