Bottom-up regulation of bacterial growth in tropical phytotelm bromeliads

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 632, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 347-353

  Haubrich, Camilla S ^a   Pires, Aliny P F ^a   Esteves, Francisco A ^a   Farjalla, Vinicius F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Bottom up regulation; Bromeliads; Model ecosystems; Phytotelmata

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; AQUATIC ECOLOGY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BOTTOM-UP REGULATION; BROMELIADS; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; LIMNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOTELMATA; REGULATORY FACTORS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SMALL AREA; TOTAL VARIANCE; UP-REGULATION; WATER COLOR; WATER TEMPERATURES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; NUTRIENTS; PORPHYRINS; SAMPLING; WATER TANKS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BACTERIUM; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL A; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIELD SURVEY; GROWTH RATE; LIMNOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349994286     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9841-6     Document Type: Article

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