Diversity and mineral substrate preference in endolithic microbial communities from marine intertidal outcrops (Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico)
Endolithic microbial communities are prominent features of intertidal marine habitats, where they colonize a variety of substrates, contributing to their erosion. Almost 2 centuries worth of naturalistic studies focused on a few true-boring (euendolithic) phototrophs, but substrate preference has re...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-01-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/14/311/2017/bg-14-311-2017.pdf |