Changes in Prokaryote and Eukaryote Assemblages Along a Gradient of Hydrocarbon Contamination in Groundwater

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 623-634

  Stephenson, S ^a   Chariton, A A ^b   Holley, M P ^a   O'Sullivan, M ^b   Gillings, M R ^a   Hose, G C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

community structure; groundwater; molecular ecology; subsurface microbiology

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BIOTA; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; ETHYLENE; EUKARYOTE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; BOTANY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84878430704     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2012.746408     Document Type: Article

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