Effect of bacterial mineralization of phytoplankton-derived phytodetritus on the release of arsenic, cobalt and manganese from muddy sediments in the Southern North Sea. A microcosm study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 419, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-108

  Gillan, David C ^a,e   Pede, Annelies ^b   Sabbe, Koen ^b   Gao, Yue ^c   Leermakers, Martine ^c   Baeyens, Willy ^c   Louriño Cabana, Beatriz ^d,e   Billon, Gabriel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bacteria; Efflux; Metal; Phaeocystis; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILING; EFFLUX; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; IN-CONTROL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROCOSM APPROACHES; MICROCOSM STUDIES; MUDDY SEDIMENTS; NANOFLAGELLATES; OVERLYING WATER; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA;

ALGAE CONTROL; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; COBALT; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; MINERALOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CADMIUM;

ARSENIC; CHLOROPHYLL A; COBALT; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MANGANESE; SEA WATER; THYMIDINE;

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BENTHIC FLUX; BIOMASS; COBALT; FLAGELLATE; MANGANESE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; COMMUNITY LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRITUS; DIATOM; EFFUSION; FLAGELLUM; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HETEROTROPHY; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; PAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BELGIUM; BIOMASS; COBALT; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUKARYOTA; FLUORESCEINS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAPTOPHYTA; INDOLES; MANGANESE; METALS; NORTH SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; THYMIDINE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 84862789259     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.034     Document Type: Article

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