Influence of environmental gradients on the abundance and distribution of Mycobacterium spp. in a coastal lagoon estuary

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7378-7384

  Jacobs, John ^a   Rhodes, Matt ^b   Sturgis, Brian ^c   Wood, Bob ^a  

^a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^b JHT Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHEMICAL VARIABLES; COASTAL LAGOONS; COASTAL MARINE SYSTEMS; COASTAL RESTORATIONS; COASTAL WATER QUALITY; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MARYLAND; MOLECULAR ASSAYS; NITROGEN COMPONENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN LEVELS; P-VALUES; R VALUE; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; TOTAL NITROGEN; TURBIDITY MEASUREMENTS; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN;

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; LAGOON; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; LAGOON; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SALINITY; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EUTROPHICATION; MARYLAND; MYCOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; VIRGINIA;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 72949110975     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01900-09     Document Type: Article

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