Factors regulating epilithic biofilm carbon cycling and release with nutrient enrichment in headwater streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 657, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-88

  Ziegler, Susan E ^a   Lyon, David R ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

13C PLFA; Bacterial algal exchange; Carbon cycling; Dissolved organic carbon; Epilithic biofilm; Exudation

Indexed keywords

13C-PLFA; BACTERIAL-ALGAL EXCHANGE; CARBON CYCLING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EPILITHIC BIOFILMS; EXUDATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; DISSOLUTION; FATTY ACIDS; INFORMATION THEORY; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STOICHIOMETRY; STREAM FLOW;

BIOFILTERS;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EPILITHON; EXUDATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 77957265359     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0296-6     Document Type: Article

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