Acidification alters the composition of ammonia-oxidizing microbial assemblages in marine mesocosms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 492, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Bowen, Jennifer L ^a   Kearns, Patrick J ^a   Holcomb, Michael ^b,d   Ward, Bess B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Ammoniaoxidizing archaea; Nitrification; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84887443655     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10526     Document Type: Article

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