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SUBMITTER: Peipoch M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4668062 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peipoch Marc M Jones Ryan R Valett H Maurice HM
PloS one 20151202 12
River-floodplain systems are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems, but the effects of biophysical complexity at multiple scales on microbial biodiversity have not been studied. Here, we investigated how the hierarchical organization of river systems (i.e., region, floodplain, zone, habitats, and microhabitats) influences epilithic biofilm community assemblage patterns by characterizing microbial communities using 16S rRNA gene sequence data and analyzing bacterial species distributio ...[more]