Plant-Animal-Microbe Interactions in Coastal Sediments: Closing the Ecological Loop

Interactions Between Macro- and Microorganisms in Marine Sediments

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 233-249

  Marinelli, Roberta L ^a   Waldbusser, George G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactions between macro and microorganisms in marine sediments

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORK; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; MACRO-AND MICROORGANISM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIANCES; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

EID: 84952789416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/CE060p0233     Document Type: Chapter

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