Benthic cyanobacterial mats in the high Arctic: Multi-layer structure and fluorescence responses to osmotic stress

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Lionard, Marie ^a,b   Péquin, Bérangère ^a,c,d   Lovejoy, Connie ^a,c,d   Vincent, Warwick F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c not available   (Canada)

^d Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Microbial mats; Molecular phylogeny; Pigments; Polar lake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875673225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00140     Document Type: Article

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