Soil Cyanobacterial and Microalgal Diversity in Dry Mountains of Ladakh, NW Himalaya, as Related to Site, Altitude, and Vegetation

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 337-346

  Řeháková, Klára ^a   Chlumská, Zuzana ^a,b   Dolezal J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOTROPHY; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; BIOTA; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROALGAE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIBET;

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; NOSTOCALES; OSCILLATORIALES; PHORMIDIUM;

EID: 80051658747     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9878-8     Document Type: Article

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