Shifts in microbial community structure and function in stream sediments during experimentally simulated riparian succession

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 398-410

  Frossard, Aline ^a,b,c   Gerull, Linda ^d   Mutz, Michael ^d   Gessner, Mark O ^a,b,c,e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extracellular enzymes; Microbial community structure; Organic matter quality; Plant litter; Riparian succession; Stream sediment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENZYME; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STREAM; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIRCH; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TREE;

BACTERIA; BETULA; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; RIVERS; TREES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84876109301     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12072     Document Type: Article

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