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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment
  name:
    name part: Franklin, Rima B.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Mills, Aaron L.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2007
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 333 p. online resource.
  abstract: Microbes are very small and, as individuals, are capable of influencing a portion of the environment only slightly larger than their own body size, i.e., a few microns. However, their impact on the landscape is enormous, and ecosystem processes such as organic matter decomposition, denitrification, and metal oxidation/reduction are measured on scales of meters to kilometers. This volume highlights recent advances that have contributed to our understanding of spatial patterns and scale issues in microbial ecology, and brings together research conducted at a range of spatial scales (from µm to km) and in a variety of different types of environments. These topics are addressed in a quantitative manner, and a primer on statistical methods is included to aid the unfamiliar reader. In soil ecosystems, both bacteria and fungi are discussed, and the spatial patterns are interpreted in an ecological context that considers issues such as nutrient availability, vegetation distribution and growth patterns, and microbial colonization. In aquatic systems, focus is on the distribution of planktonic forms including phytoplankton and microzooplankton. The reader should gain insight on how to integrate information across spatial scales, which is necessary in order to understand and predict how these tiny organisms can have such a profound effect on landscape and ecosystem-level processes.
  table of contents: Statistical Analysis Of Spatial Structure In Microbial Communities -- Bacterial Interactions At The Microscale – Linking Habitat To Function In Soil -- Spatial Distribution Of Bacteria At The Microscale In Soil -- Analysis Of Spatial Patterns Of Rhizoplane Colonization -- Microbial Distributions And Their Potential Controlling Factors In Terrestrial Subsurface Environments -- Spatial Organisation Of Soil Fungi -- Spatial Heterogeneity Of Planktonic Microorganisms In Aquatic Systems -- The Interrelationship Between The Spatial Distribution Of Microorganisms And Vegetation In Forest Soils.
  note: edited by Rima B. Franklin, Aaron L. Mills.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Geobiology
  subject:
    topic: Microbial ecology
  subject:
    topic: Statistics
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Microbial Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Biogeosciences
  classification: QR100-130
  classification: 579.17
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      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9781402062162
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6216-2
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