Nutrients and light effects on stream biofilms: A combined assessment with CLSM, structural and functional parameters

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 695, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 281-291

  Proia, Lorenzo ^a   Romaní, Anna M ^a   Sabater, Sergi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanner microscopy; Epilithic biofilm; Extracellular enzyme activities; Forested stream; Light; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POLYMER; STREAM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84865442120     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1117-x     Document Type: Article

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