A Doubling of Microphytobenthos Biomass Coincides with a Tenfold Increase in Denitrifier and Total Bacterial Abundances in Intertidal Sediments of a Temperate Estuary

• Helen Decleyre,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology (LM-UGent), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Kim Heylen ,

  * E-mail: Kim.Heylen@ugent.be

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology (LM-UGent), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Koen Sabbe,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Bjorn Tytgat,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology (LM-UGent), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Dieter Deforce,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Filip Van Nieuwerburgh,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Carl Van Colen,

  Affiliation Marine Biology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Anne Willems

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology (LM-UGent), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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