Widespread methanotrophic primary production in lowland chalk rivers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1783, 2014, Pages

  Shelley, Felicity ^a   Grey, Jonathan ^a   Trimmer, Mark ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chemosynthesis; Methane oxidation; Photosynthesis; Rivers

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

CARBON FIXATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MACROPHYTE; METHANOTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER BED; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOCHROMES B; GENETICS; MAMMALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANADA; CHALK RIVER; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84902665865     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2854     Document Type: Article

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