Seasonal changes in bacterial diversity in the Salton Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 632, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-64

  Dillon, Jesse G ^a   McMath, Lisa M ^a,b   Trout, Amber L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Eutrophic; Saline lake; Salton Sea; Sediment

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BASELINE DATA; CALIFORNIA; EUTROPHIC; EUTROPHIC STATUS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SALINE HABITATS; SALINE LAKE; SALTON SEA; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; WATER COLUMNS; WATERBODIES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ARID REGIONS; BACTERIOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

SALINE WATER;

ANOXIA; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REMEDIATION; RNA; SALINE LAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTEWATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SALTON SEA; UNITED STATES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 70349990012     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9827-4     Document Type: Article

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