Characterization of cyanobacterial communities from high-elevation lakes in the Bolivian Andes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Fleming, Erich D ^a   Prufert Bebout, Leslie ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; GENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RNA; SNOWMELT; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; BOLIVIA;

CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; NODULARIA; NOSTOC;

EID: 76149089103     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JG000817     Document Type: Article

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