Plant-Microbe Interactions in Seagrass Meadows

Interactions Between Macro- and Microorganisms in Marine Sediments

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 31-60

  Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Holmer, Marianne ^b   Marbà, Núria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Interactions between macro and microorganisms in marine sediments

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; MACRO-AND MICROORGANISM; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS; SULFATE REDUCTION; TOXIC METABOLITES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84952783783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/CE060p0031     Document Type: Chapter

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