Analysis of denitrifying communities in streams from an urban and non-urban catchment

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Perryman, Shane E ^a,b   Rees, Gavin N ^a   Walsh, Christopher J ^b  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Denitrification; nosZ; Sediment bacteria; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 43149126327     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9085-3     Document Type: Article

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