Bacterial community structure analyses to assess pollution of water and sediments in the Lake Shkodra/Skadar, Balkan Peninsula

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 361-368

  Kostanjšek, Rok ^a   Lapanje, Aleš ^a   Drobne, Damjana ^a   Perović, Svetlana ^b   Perović, Andrej ^b   Zidar, Primož ^a   Štrus, Jasna ^a   Hollert, Henner ^c   Karaman, Gordan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial community structure analysis; Lake skadar; Pollution; Sediment; Surface water; Triad; TTGE

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

BALKANS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 27644589136     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2005.07.271     Document Type: Article

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