Primary production of organic matter and phototrophic communities in the soda lakes of the Kulunda steppe (Altai krai)

Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 643-649

  Kompantseva, E I ^a   Komova, A V ^a   Rusanov, I I ^a   Pimenov, N V ^a   Sorokin, D Yu ^a  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Mineralization; Oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis; Primary production; Soda lakes; Water alkalinity

Indexed keywords

PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 70350383311     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S002626170905018X     Document Type: Article

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