The chemical composition and bacteria communities in acid and metalliferous drainage from the wet-dry tropics are dependent on season

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-79

  Streten Joyce, Claire ^a,c   Manning, Judy ^a   Gibb, Karen S ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^b   Parry, David L ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Mount Todd; Rum Jungle

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; 454-PYROSEQUENCING; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISSOLVED METALS; DRY PERIODS; DRY SEASONS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; IRON OXIDISING BACTERIA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; MINE SITE; MOUNT TODD; NORTHERN TERRITORIES; ORE BODIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; RUM JUNGLE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STANDING WATERS; STUDY SITES; TEMPERATE REGIONS; WET AND DRY SEASONS; WET SEASON;

BACTERIA; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ORE DEPOSITS; RNA; WEBSITES;

DROUGHT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METAL; RNA 16S;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRAINAGE; IRON OXIDE; ORE BODY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RNA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE; VAPORIZATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; IRON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; RUM JUNGLE MINERAL FIELD;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 84869869617     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.024     Document Type: Article

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