Contrasting the influences of stream inputs and landscape position on bacterioplankton community structure and dissolved organic matter composition in high-elevation lake chains

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1292-1305

  Nelson, Craig E ^a   Sadro, Steven ^a   Melack, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISPERSAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MELTING; SNOWPACK;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650783140     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.4.1292     Document Type: Article

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