Seasonal Changes in Sulfate Reduction in Sediments in the Inner Part of Tokyo Bay

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-17

  Takii, Susumu ^a   Tanaka, Hideyuki ^b   Kohata, Kunio ^c   Nakamura, Yasuo ^c   Ogura, Hisako ^d,e   Takeshita, Shunji ^c,f  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Environmental Research Center Ltd   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d Chiba Pref Water Poll Laboratory   (Japan)

^e Chiba Prefectural Environmental Research Center   (Japan)

^f Institute of Environmental Informatics   (Japan)

Author keywords

bottom sediment; closed bay; seasonal change; sulfate reduction rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142305809     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.2002.10     Document Type: Article

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