Influence of salt marsh on bacterial activity in two estuaries with different hydrodynamic characteristics (Ria de Aveiro and Tagus Estuary)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-441

  Santos, Luísa ^a   Cunha, Ângela ^a   Silva, Helena ^a   Caçador, Isabel ^b   Dias, Joao M ^a   Almeida, Adelaide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Estuary; Hydrodynamic model; Production; Salt marsh; Viability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MODELING; SALTMARSH; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FLOODING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT MARSH;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PORTUGAL; SALTS; SEAWATER; WETLANDS;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249013381     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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