Organic matter availability structures microbial biomass and activity in a Mediterranean stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2025-2036

  Artigas, Joan ^a   Romaní, Anna M ^a   Gaudes, Ainhoa ^b   Muñoz, Isabel ^b   Sabater, Sergi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic substrata; Extracellular enzyme activities; Mediterranean stream; Microbial biomass; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 70349111013     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02140.x     Document Type: Article

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