Application of temperature gradient gel electrophoresis technique to monitor changes in the structure of the eukaryotic leaf-epiphytic community of Posidonia oceanica

Marine Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-460

  Medina Pons, F J ^a   Terrados, J ^a   Rossello Mora R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROKINESIS; EPIPHYTE; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; MACROBENTHOS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EUKARYOTA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 51649100168     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1037-5     Document Type: Article

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