Microbial assemblages as ecosystem engineers of sediment stability

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 640-652

  Gerbersdorf, Sabine Ulrike ^a,c   Bittner, Robert ^a   Lubarsky, Helen ^a   Manz, Werner ^b   Paterson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); FISH; Keywords CSM; MagPI; Microbial engineering; Sediment erosion; Sediment stability

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EROSION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STABILIZATION; WATERSHED;

EDEN ESTUARY; FIFE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955800457     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-009-0142-5     Document Type: Article

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