Microbial indicators of aquatic ecosystem change: Current applications to eutrophication studies

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-246

  Paerl, Hans W ^a   Dyble, Julianne ^a   Moisander, Pia H ^a   Noble, Rachel T ^a   Piehler, Michael F ^a   Pinckney, James L ^b   Steppe, Timothy F ^a   Twomey, Luke ^a   Valdes, Lexia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ecological change; Estuaries; Eutrophication; Microbial indicator; Nutrient; Pollutant

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOINDICATOR; EUTROPHICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0344256424     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00200-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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