Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning : Redundancy and Resilience in Freshwater Bacterial Communities

Bacteria are immensely diverse and hold key-positions in essentially all biogeochemical cycles. In freshwater ecosystems, bacteria degrade and mineralize organic compounds, linking the pool of dissolved organic matter to higher trophic levels. Aware of the global biodiversity loss, ecologists have s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peter, Hannes
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Limnologi 2011
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-160780
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