Impacts of tetracycline on planktonic bacterial production in prairie aquatic systems

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-55

  Verma, Brij ^a   Robarts, Richard D ^b   Headley, John V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FRESH WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANKTON; WETLAND;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; FRESH WATER; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANKTON; TETRACYCLINE; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34447127043     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9170-5     Document Type: Article

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