Cohesion: A method for quantifying the connectivity of microbial communities

ISME Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2426-2438

  Herren, Cristina M ^a   McMahon, Katherine D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPLEXITY; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MODEL VALIDATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

LAKE MENDOTA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 85031769107     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2017.91     Document Type: Article

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