Bacterial community and some physico-chemical characteristics in a subtropical mangrove environment in Bahrain

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Al Sayed, Hashim A ^a   Ghanem, Essam H ^a   Saleh, Kareema M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bahrain; Community; Mangrove; Physico chemical factors; Structure

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; OCEAN HABITATS; SEAWATER;

MANGROVE HABITATS; ORGANOTROPHS (OT); OXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHS (OP); TOTAL COLIFORMS (TC);

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MANGROVE; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BAHRAIN; COASTAL WATERS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; SALINITY; SEWAGE; TIDE; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BAHRAIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PERSIAN GULF; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 14544276362     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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