On the distinction between lag and delay in population growth

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-245

  Vadasz, Peter ^a,b   Vadasz, Alisa S ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77950561956     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9592-y     Document Type: Article

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