Ecosystem functioning from a geomicrobiological perspective a conceptual framework for biogeochemical iron cycling

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 399-405

  Schmidt, Caroline ^a   Behrens, Sebastian ^a   Kappler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

bioenergetics; biogeochemistry; micro ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 77958031242     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN10040     Document Type: Article

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