Impacts of alterations of organic inputs on the bacterial community within the sediments of wind cave, South Dakota, USA

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Chelius, Marisa K ^a,d   Beresford, Guy ^a   Horton, Howard ^b   Quirk, Meghan ^b   Selby, Greg ^a   Simpson, Rodney T ^a   Horrocks, Rodney ^c   Moore, John C ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c Wind Cave National Park   (United States)

^d Sitka Sound Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial communities; Caves; Detritus; Diversity; Geomicrobiology; Wind Cave

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CAVE DEPOSIT; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER;

BLACK HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RODENTIA;

EID: 63249105471     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.38.1.1     Document Type: Article

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