The microbial communities of the modern Marine stromatolites at Highborne Cay, Bahamas

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 567, 2009, Pages 1-31

  Stolz, John F ^a   Reid, R Pamela ^b   Visscher, Pieter T ^c   Decho, Alan W ^d   Norman, R Sean ^d   Aspden, Rebecca J ^e   Bowlin, Emily M ^b   Franks, Johnathon ^a   Foster, Jamie S ^f   Paterson, David M ^e   Przekop, Kristen M ^c   Underwood, Graham J C ^g   Prufert Bebout, Lee ^h  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^h NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COALESCENCE; COLONIZATION; DIATOM; ERODIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD SURVEY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SECRETION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STABILIZATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; HIGHBORNE CAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; CYANOTHECE; LICMOPHORA; LICMOPHORA PARADOXA; PHORMIDIUM SP.; SCHIZOTHRIX; STRIATELLA UNIPUNCTATA;

EID: 70349548726     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.567.1     Document Type: Article

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