Biodiversity of benthic microbial communities in bioturbated coastal sediments is controlled by geochemical microniches

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1269-1285

  Bertics, Victoria J ^a   Ziebis, Wiebke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ARISA; Benthic microbial ecology; Bioturbation; Crustaceans; Microbial diversity; Microniches

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLIANASSIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEOTRYPAEA CALIFORNIENSIS; OCYPODIDAE; UCA CRENULATA;

EID: 70350292688     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.62     Document Type: Article

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