Methanogenesis pathways in a stratified eutrophic alpine lake (Lake Bled, Slovenia)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 868-880

  Mandic Mulec, Ines ^a   Gorenc, Katja ^a   Petrišič, Marinka Gams ^b   Faganeli, Jadran ^c   Ogrinc, Nives ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AUTOCHTHON; BACTERIUM; CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOLIMNION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIPID; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

LAKE BLED; SLOVENIA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOMICROBIACEAE; METHANOSAETACEAE; THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 84862001794     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.3.0868     Document Type: Article

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