Temporal dynamics of river biofilm in constant flows: A case study in a riverside laboratory flume

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-170

  Boulêtreau, Stéphanie ^a,b   Sellali, Mehdi ^a,b   Elosegi, Arturo ^c   Nicaise, Yvan ^a,b   Bercovitz, Yvan ^d   Moulin, Frédéric ^d   Eiff, Olivier ^d   Sauvage, Sabine ^a,b   Sánchez Pérez, José Miguel ^a,b   Garabétian, Frédéric ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d IMFT   (France)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial community fingerprinting; Community metabolism; Epilithon; Experimental flume; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOODING; FLUME EXPERIMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER FLOW; SILT; SUSPENDED LOAD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCYONEMA MINUTUM; FRAGILARIA CAPUCINA;

EID: 77951735022     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200911203     Document Type: Article

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