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Epilithic Colonization

Epilithic Colonization is a biological process in which microorganisms or other life forms establish and develop communities on the external surfaces of rocks, distinguished from endolithic or hypolithic colonization by occurring exclusively on exposed rock substrata.

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2017–2026

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Sessile bacteria: An important component of the microbial population in small mountain streams 1

Gill G. Geesey, R. A. Mutch, J. W. Costerton et al. · Limnology and Oceanography · 1978 · 397 citations · Full text

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An experimental analysis of factors controlling the standing crop of the epilithic algal community on a coral reef

B. G. Hatcher, Anthony W. D. Larkum · Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology · 1983 · 236 citations

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Effects of elevated <i>p</i>CO<sub>2</sub> on dissolution of coral carbonates by microbial euendoliths

Aline Tribollet, Claire Godinot, M. J. Atkinson et al. · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · 2009 · 193 citations · Full text

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Epilithic and Endolithic Bacterial Communities in Limestone from a Maya Archaeological Site

Christopher J. McNamara, Thomas D. Perry, Kristen A. Bearce et al. · Microbial Ecology · 2006 · 159 citations

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Antarctic stream ecosystems: physiological ecology of a blue‐green algal epilithon

Warwick F. Vincent, Clive Howard‐Williams · Freshwater Biology · 1986 · 136 citations

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Authors

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  1. SS
    Sergi Sabater

    Universitat de Girona, Spain

    3 publications · 346 citations

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  2. TM
    Thomas M. Burton

    Michigan State University, United States

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  3. SC
    S. Craig Cary

    University of Waikato, New Zealand

    2 publications · 126 citations

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  4. RE
    R. E. Koske

    University of Rhode Island, United States

    2 publications · 102 citations

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  5. MF
    Maria Flavia Gravina

    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

    2 publications · 41 citations

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Institutions

111

  1. Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    472 citations

  2. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    306 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    242 citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    115 citations

  5. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    242 citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    343 citations

  7. University of Waikato

    Hamilton, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    252 citations

  8. University of Rome Tor Vergata

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    41 citations

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  1. Hydrobiologia

    4 publications · 79 citations

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  2. Freshwater Biology

    4 publications · 335 citations

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  3. The Science of The Total Environment

    3 publications · 139 citations

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  4. Limnology and Oceanography

    3 publications · 643 citations

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  5. Microbial Ecology

    3 publications · 243 citations

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