The role of physical, chemical, and microbial heterogeneity on the field-scale transport and attachment of bacteria

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Mailloux, Brian J ^a,b   Fuller, Mark E ^c   Onstott, Tullis C ^a   Hall, James ^a   Dong, Hailiang ^a,d   DeFlaun, Mary F ^c,e   Streger, Sheryl H ^c   Rothmel, Randi K ^c   Green, Maria ^f   Swift, Donald J P ^f   Radke, Jon ^g  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^c The Shaw Group Inc   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^f OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial transport; Geomicrobiology; Groundwater transport

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BROMINE; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOPHYSICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; SAMPLING; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BACTERIAL TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL HETEROGENEITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

NORTH AMERICA; OYSTER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; COMAMONAS SP.; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 12144286181     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001591     Document Type: Article

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