Carbon release and cycling within epilithic biofilms in two contrasting headwater streams

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-300

  Ziegler, Susan E ^a   Lyon, David R ^b   Townsend, Sherri L ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Faculty of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial algal interaction; Dissolved organic carbon; Epilithic biofilms; Headwater streams; Keywords Carbon cycling; Phospholipid fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 68849087939     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01299     Document Type: Article

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