Confocal laser scanning microscopy image analysis for cyanobacterial biomass determined at microscale level in different microbial mats

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 649-656

  Sole A ^a   Diestra, E ^a   Esteve, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS;

EID: 65049084856     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9463-y     Document Type: Article

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