Viruses, bacteria and suspended particles in a backwater and main channel site of the Danube (Austria)

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-194

  Peduzzi, Peter ^a   Luef, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial activity; River floodplain; Seston; Virus ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACKWATER; BACTERIUM; CHANNEL; FLOODPLAIN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SESTON; SUSPENDED LOAD; VIRUS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; VIENNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 44649182731     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-008-8068-3     Document Type: Article

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