Occurrence of Clostridia in the sediment of an extremely polluted Danube reach

Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Langó, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Clostridia; Danube; Fecal pollution; Heavy metal; Numerical taxonomy; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

EID: 0032768049     PISSN: 03234320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-401X(199901)27:1<19::AID-AHEH19>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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