Effects of warming and nutrient enrichment on how grazing pressure affects leaf litter-colonizing bacteria

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 851-858

  Moghadam, Fatemeh Sanaei ^a   Zimmer, Martin ^b,c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; VEGETATION;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL DENSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NUTRIENT ADDITION; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS;

NUTRIENTS;

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DETRITIVORE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GAMMARUS PULEX; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAZER; GRAZING; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

EID: 84900528115     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.12.0503     Document Type: Article

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