Fungal communities on speleothem surfaces in Kartchner caverns, Arizona, USA

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-77

  Vaughan, Michael J ^a   Maier, Raina M ^a   Pryor, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; DGGE; Fungal community; Kartchner caverns; USA

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CAVERN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPELEOTHEM; TAXONOMY;

ARIZONA; KARTCHNER CAVERNS; UNITED STATES;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PHIALOPHORA;

EID: 79959401359     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.40.1.8     Document Type: Article

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