Biofilm functional responses to the rehydration of a dry intermittent stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 727, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-195

  Timoner, Xisca ^a   Acuna V ^a   Frampton, L ^b   Pollard, P ^b   Sabater, S ^a   Bunn, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; BiologEcoPlates ; Desiccation; Intermittency; Rehydration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DESICCATION; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; REHYDRATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STREAM BED;

AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84893722830     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1802-4     Document Type: Article

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