Correlations between arsenic in Maine groundwater and microbial populations as determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 440-448

  Weldon, Jennifer M ^a   MacRae, Jean D ^a  

^a The University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; IN SITU PROCESSING; POTABLE WATER;

BEDROCKS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; SURFACE COATINGS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IN SITU PROCESSING; POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; BEDROCK; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISM; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEOBACTER; LAKE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SP.; SULFUROSPIRILLUM;

EID: 33645862891     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.08.061     Document Type: Article

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