Bacterial and virus-like particle abundances in purged and unpurged groundwater depth profiles

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 72-77

  Roudnew, Ben ^a   Seymour, Justin R ^a,b   Jeffries, Thomas C ^a,b   Lavery, Trish J ^a   Smith, Renee J ^a   Mitchell, James G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC HABITATS; AQUIFER WATER; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; DEPTH PROFILE; DYNAMIC NATURE; SLOT DEPTH; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES; WATER MONITORING;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; VIRUSES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ABUNDANCE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PIEZOMETER; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; VIRUS; WATER DEPTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84869876914     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2011.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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