Bacterial abundance and aerobic microbial activity across natural and oyster aquaculture habitats during summer conditions in a northeastern Pacific estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 596, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 269-278

  Richardson, Nehemiah F ^a   Ruesink, Jennifer L ^a   Naeem, Shahid ^a,b   Hacker, Sally D ^c   Tallis, Heather M ^a,d   Dumbauld, Brett R ^e   Wisehart, Lorena M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bacteria; Crassostrea gigas; Microbiological analysis; Prokaryotes; Sediments; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; METABOLISM; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTS;

AEROBIC MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

BACTERIA;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; HABITAT TYPE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; OYSTER CULTURE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE; PROKARYOTA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 37749052807     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9102-5     Document Type: Article

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