Physical, chemical and microbiological characterization of the intertidal sediments of Pereque Beach, Guarujá (SP), Brazil

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 921-927

  de Oliveira, Ana Julia Fernandes C ^a   Hollnagel, Heloísa C ^b   Lima Mesquita, Hilda de S ^b   Fontes, Roberto Fioravanti C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Microbial activity; Sediments

Indexed keywords

GRANULOMETRIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC NITROGEN; WATER INFLOW;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WATER POLLUTION;

SEDIMENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENSITY; GRANULOMETRY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SAND; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEAWATER; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; GUARUJA; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34447282556     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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