Rates of species accumulation and taxonomic diversification during phototrophic biofilm development are controlled by both nutrient supply and current velocity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2054-2060

  Larson, Chad A ^a   Passy, Sophia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DIVERSITIES; BIOFILM DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CURRENT STRESS; CURRENT VELOCITY; DIVERSE SPECIES; FLOW HETEROGENEITY; HIGH-CURRENT; HIGHER TAXON; LOW RATES; LOW VELOCITIES; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NEW SPECIES; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PERIPHYTONS; PHOTOTROPHIC BIOFILM; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITIES;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOFILM; FLOW VELOCITY; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEW SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERIPHYTON; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOTA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; BIOTA; MICROALGAE; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84874811070     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03788-12     Document Type: Article

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