Linking Molecular Microbial Ecology to Geochemistry in a Coastal Hypoxic Zone

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-172

  Reese, Brandi Kiel ^a   Mills, Heath J ^a   Dowd, Scot E ^b   Morse, John W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical Biofilm Research Institute Lubbock   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; geochemistry; hypoxia; sediment; sulfide

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HYPOXIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871262162     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2012.659331     Document Type: Article

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