Effects of thermal energy discharge on shallow groundwater ecosystems

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-286

  Brielmann, Heike ^a   Griebler, Christian ^a   Schmidt, Susanne I ^a   Michel, Rainer ^b   Lueders, Tillmann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquifer microbial communities; Ecosystem services; Groundwater fauna; Groundwater thermal energy use

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; AQUIFER; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; HEAT EXCHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HOT TEMPERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65549156189     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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