Distribution survey of Cyanobacteria in three Greek caves of Peloponnese

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-272

  Lamprinou, Vasiliki ^a   Danielidis, Daniel B ^a   Economou Amilli, Athena ^a   Pantazidou, Adriani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial communities; Ecological niches; Environmental parameters; Greek caves; Hypogean habitat

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREECE; PELOPONNESE;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84930472322     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.41.2.12     Document Type: Article

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