Emission spectroscopy and kinetic fluorometry studies of phototrophic microbial communities along a salinity gradient in solar saltern evaporation ponds of Eilat, Israel

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 285-296

  Prášil, Ondřej ^a,b   Bína, David ^c,d   Medová, Hana ^a,b   Rěháková, Klára ^e,f   Zapomělová, Eliška ^f   Veselá, Jana ^g   Oren, Aharon ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^g CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^h HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Hypersaline; Kinetic fluorometry; Phototrophic microbial communities; Plankton emission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 70349165582     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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