Seasonal variation in nutrient limitation of microbial biofilms colonizing organic and inorganic substrata in streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 331-345

  Hoellein, Timothy J ^a,b   Tank, Jennifer L ^a   Kelly, John J ^c   Rosi Marshall, Emma J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; DGGE; DNA; Ecosystem metabolism; Fungi; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stream biofilms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BIOFILM RESPIRATION RATE; BIOFILM STRUCTURE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLONE LIBRARY; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DGGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; MICHIGAN; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; OLIGOTROPHIC CONDITIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM BIOFILMS; WATER COLUMNS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CELLULOSE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING; CONSERVATION; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGI; GELS; GENES; HYDRAULICS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPHYRINS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

NUTRIENTS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; GLASS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLLS; CLONES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FILTERS; FUNGI; GELS; METABOLISM; MONOLAYERS; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77952424731     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0276-x     Document Type: Article

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