Pharmaceuticals suppress algal growth and microbial respiration and alter bacterial communities in stream biofilms

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 583-593

  Rosi Marshall, Emma J ^a   Kincaid, Dustin W ^a   Bechtold, Heather A ^a   Royer, Todd V ^b   Rojas, Miguel ^c   Kelly, John J ^c  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Ciprofloxacin; Diphenhydramine; Ecosystem function

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; DRUG;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DRUG; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESPIRATION; STREAM; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 84877126385     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0491.1     Document Type: Article

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