Urban Stormwater Runoff Drives Denitrifying Community Composition Through Changes in Sediment Texture and Carbon Content

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 932-940

  Perryman, Shane E ^a,b   Rees, Gavin N ^b   Walsh, Christopher J ^c   Grace, Michael R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLICY; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; URBAN RENEWAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79957488409     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9833-8     Document Type: Article

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