Anthropogenic perturbations in marine microbial communities

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-298

  Nogales, Balbina ^a   Lanfranconi, Mariana P ^a   Piña Villalonga, Juana M ^a   Bosch, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chemical pollution; Diversity; Emerging threats; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUACULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; REVIEW; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79451473566     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00248.x     Document Type: Review

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