Dissolved metals in surface sediment and microbial mat at 100-μm resolution

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6636, 1997, Pages 885-888

  Davison, W ^a   Fones, G R ^a   Grime, G W ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE METAL;

MICROBIAL MAT; STREAM SEDIMENT; THIN FILM GEL TECHNIQUE; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRODE; METAL METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030820728     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43147     Document Type: Article

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