Microbial communities within saltmarsh sediments: Composition, abundance and pollution constraints

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-152

  Machado, Ana ^a,b   Magalhães, Catarina ^b   Mucha, Ana P ^b   Almeida, C Marisa R ^b   Bordalo, Adriano A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Metal concentrations; Microbial diversity; Rhizosediment; Saltmarshes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PORTUGAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALIMIONE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84858001465     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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