Microbiology of aquatic surface microlayers

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-246

  Cunliffe, Michael ^a   Upstill Goddard, Robert C ^b   Murrell, J Colin ^c  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Microbial ecology; Surface microlayers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; METHANOTROPH; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79251612929     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00246.x     Document Type: Review

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