Sediment bacterial communities reflect the history of a sea basin.

How entire microbial communities are structured across stratified sediments from the historical standpoint is unknown. The Baltic Sea is an ideal research object for historical reconstruction, since it has experienced many fresh- and brackish water periods and is depleted of dissolved oxygen, which...

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Main Authors: Christina Lyra, Hanna Sinkko, Matias Rantanen, Lars Paulin, Aarno Kotilainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3553170?pdf=render