Bacterial diversity and community structure in the sediment of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the largest turbid river in the world

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-55

  Xia, Na ^a   Xia, Xinghui ^a   Zhu, Baotong ^a   Zheng, Shaokui ^a   Zhuang, Jing ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; High sediment concentration; Sediment; Spatial and vertical variation; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889015086     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01664     Document Type: Article

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