Small-Scale Vertical Distribution of Algae and Structure of Lichen Soil Crusts

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 715-724

  Wu, Li ^a,b   Lan, Shubin ^a,b   Zhang, Delu ^a,c   Hu, Chunxiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LICHENS; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; LICHENS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; FUNGI;

EID: 80052885216     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9828-5     Document Type: Article

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