Seasonal dynamics of bacterial assemblages in epilithic biofilms in a northeastern Ohio stream

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 686-700

  Olapade, Ola A ^a,b   Leff, Laura G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial assemblages; Benthos; Biofilms; Epilithon; In situ hybridization; Seasonal changes; Stream

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CYTOPHAGA; EPILITHON; FLAVOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 9644300800     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0686:SDOBAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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