Utilization of a specially-designed sediment colonization chamber to examine hyporheic water chemistry and microbial communities

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-453

  Hendricks, Susan P ^a   Rice, Gary L ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROCESS DESIGN; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0033662356     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2000.9663766     Document Type: Article

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