Characterizing man-made and natural modifications of microbial diversity and activity in coastal ecosystems

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 487-507

  Paerl, Hans W ^a   Dyble, Julianne ^a   Twomey, Luke ^a   Pinckney, James L ^b   Nelson, Joshua ^c   Kerkhof, Lee ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Climate change; Eutrophication; Microbial consortia; Nutrient cycling; Phytoplankton; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DNA; NITROGEN; RNA; STORM WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; STRESS; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; HUMANS; SEAWATER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

UNITED STATES;

PANTHERA;

EID: 0036422276     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020561422706     Document Type: Article

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