Weighing the deep continental biosphere

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-120

  Mcmahon, Sean ^a   Parnell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Biomass; Groundwater; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BIOMASS; BIOSPHERE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FRACTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

CARBON; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SUBSURFACE;

AQUIFER; BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER; SUBSURFACE;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER;

EID: 84891483507     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12196     Document Type: Article

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