Desiccation affects bacterial community structure and function in temperate stream sediments

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-134

  Pohlon, Elisabeth ^a   Mätzig, Charlotte ^a   Marxsen, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Breitenbach; Climate change; Desiccation; Extracellular enzymes; Sediment; Stream

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYBRIDIZATION; REWETTING;

BREITENBACH; CENTRAL EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE;

EID: 84885033717     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2013/0465     Document Type: Article

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