Mercury in water and biomass of microbial communities in hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1868-1879

  King, Susan A ^a,b   Behnke, Sabrina ^a,b   Slack, Kim ^a,b   Krabbenhoft, David P ^c   Nordstrom, D Kirk ^d   Burr, Mark D ^b   Striegl, Robert G ^e  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SPRINGS (WATER); WATER;

DENATURED GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (DGGE); GEOTHERMAL WATER; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; ULTRA-CLEAN SAMPLING;

MERCURY (METAL);

BIOMASS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPRING WATER; THERMAL SPRING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 33750305741     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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