Dissolved organic matter (DOM) and bacterial growth in floodplains of the Danube River under varying hydrological connectivity

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-61

  Peduzzi, Peter ^a   Aspetsberger F ^a   Hein, T ^a   Huber, F ^a   Kargl Wagner, S ^a   Luef, B ^a   Tachkova, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; DOM; Floodplain; Hydrological connectivity; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CONNECTIVITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLOODPLAIN; FULVIC ACID; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT; RIVER CHANNEL;

DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 44849097902     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0171-0049     Document Type: Article

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