Direct and indirect influence of parental bedrock on streambed microbial community structure in forested streams

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7681-7688

  Mosher, Jennifer J ^a,b   Findlay, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL NATURE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CORRELATIVE STUDY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FORESTED STREAMS; GEOLOGICAL VARIATIONS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; NATIONAL FORESTS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM WATER; STREAMBEDS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

RIVERS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; FRESH WATER; ION; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FATTY ACID; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STREAM BED; STREAMFLOW;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IONS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RIVERS; SEASONS;

BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLLS; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83155190981     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06029-11     Document Type: Article

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