Environmental factors controlling the spatiotemporal distribution of microbial communities in a coastal, sandy aquifer system (Doñana, southwest Spain)

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 767-780

  Velasco Ayuso, Sergio ^a   Acebes, Pablo ^b   López Archilla, Ana Isabel ^b   Montes, Carlos ^b   Guerrero, María del Carmen ^b  

^a Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Ecology; Microbial processes; Spain; Spatio temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COASTAL AQUIFER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA AQUIFER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65749103184     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0397-8     Document Type: Article

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