Molecular characterization of phototrophic microorganisms in the forefield of a receding glacier in the Swiss Alps

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Frey, Beat ^a   Bühler, Lukas ^a   Schmutz, Stefan ^a   Zumsteg, Anita ^a,b   Furrer, Gerhard ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; glacier forefield; glacier retreat; green algae; organic matter; photoautotrophy; primary production; soil chronosequence

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RNA;

CYANOBACTERIA; GLACIER FOREFIELD; GLACIER RETREAT; GREEN ALGA; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE;

SOILS;

BARE SOIL; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; LICHEN; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUCCESSION; SYMBIONT;

ALPS; DAMMA GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; URI;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; NOSTOC SP.; OSCILLATORIALES; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84876191155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015033     Document Type: Article

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