Is cotton-strip tensile strength a surrogate for microbial activity in groundwater?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-356

  Lategan, M J ^a,c   Korbel, K ^a,d   Hose, G C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

^d Australian Cotton Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Fluorescein diacetate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUIFER; COTTON; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77950230670     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09144     Document Type: Article

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