Bacterial communities are sensitive indicators of contaminant stress

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1029-1038

  Sun, Melanie Y ^a   Dafforn, Katherine A ^a   Brown, Mark V ^a   Johnston, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

ARISA; Bacterial community diversity; Bacterial community structure; Estuarine sediment; Metals; PAHs

Indexed keywords

ARISA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; PAHS;

CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHROMIUM; CHRYSENE; COPPER; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO(,2,3 CD)PYRENE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NAPHTHALENE; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; METAL; PAH; POLLUTANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863414530     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.035     Document Type: Article

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