Distinct bacterial assemblages reside at different depths in Arctic multiyear sea ice

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-125

  Hatam, Ido ^a   Charchuk, Rhianna ^a   Lange, Benjamin ^a,b   Beckers, Justin ^a   Haas, Christian ^a,c   Lanoil, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Depth profile; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARCTIC; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ICE COVER;

EID: 84907891162     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12377     Document Type: Article

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