Community assembly of biological soil crusts of different successional stages in a temperate sand ecosystem, as assessed by direct determination and enrichment techniques

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 394-407

  Langhans, Tanja Margrit ^a   Storm, Christian ^a   Schwabe, Angelika ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; KLEBSORMIDIUM; KLEBSORMIDIUM FLACCIDUM; STICHOCOCCUS BACILLARIS; TORTELLA INCLINATA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHENS; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; LICHENS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68549122623     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9532-x     Document Type: Article

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