Variability in bacteria and virus-like particle abundances during purging of unconfined aquifers

Groundwater

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 118-124

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

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES;

AQUIFERS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA;

ABUNDANCE; AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HETEROGENEITY; INFILTRATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAMPLING; STAGNATION FLOW; VIRUS; VOLUME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROUNDWATER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84891662296     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12044     Document Type: Article

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