Headwaters are critical reservoirs of microbial diversity for fluvial networks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1771, 2013, Pages

  Besemer, Katharina ^a,b   Singer, Gabriel ^a,b   Quince, Christopher ^c   Bertuzzo, Enrico ^d   Sloan, William ^c   Battin, Tom J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Biofilms; Fluvial networks; Headwaters; Microbial biodiversity

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HEADWATER; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RESERVOIR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; DNA PRIMERS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84902662170     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1760     Document Type: Article

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