Light-dependant biostabilisation of sediments by stromatolite assemblages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Paterson, David M ^a   Aspden, Rebecca J ^a   Visscher, Pieter T ^b   Consalvey, Mireille ^c   Andres, Miriam S ^d   Decho, Alan W ^e   Stolz, John ^f   Reid, R Pamela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; COASTAL WATERS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; LIGHT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

BAHAMAS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OXYGEN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 52649132917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003176     Document Type: Article

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