Impact of sampling depth and plant species on local environmental conditions, microbiological parameters and bacterial composition in a mercury contaminated salt marsh

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-271

  Cleary, D F R ^a   Oliveira, V ^a   Gomes, N C M ^a   Pereira, A ^a   Henriques, I ^a   Marques, B ^a   Almeida, A ^a   Cunha, A ^a   Correia, A ^a   Lillebo A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bolboschoenus maritimus; Hg; Juncus maritimus; Portugal; Rhizosphere; Ria de Aveiro

Indexed keywords

BOLBOSCHOENUS MARITIMUS; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; PORTUGAL; RHIZOSPHERE; RIA DE AVEIRO;

ECOSYSTEMS; GLUCOSE; MERCURY (METAL); SOILS; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; AMINOPEPTIDASE; ARYLSULFATASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON 14; GLUCOSE; MERCURY;

ANGIOSPERM; DEPTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PH; RHIZOSPHERE; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; SALT MARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANGIOSPERMS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOLBOSCHOENUS; BOLBOSCHOENUS MARITIMUS; JUNCUS; JUNCUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84856267315     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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