Significance of diatom-derived polymers in carbon flow dynamics within estuarine biofilms determined through isotopic enrichment

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-187

  Bellinger, B J ^a,d   Underwood, G J C ^b   Ziegler, S E ^c   Gretz, M R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Carbon pathways; Eps; Isotopic enrichment; Plfa

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 65649122797     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01287     Document Type: Article

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