Relative abundance of ammonia oxidizers, denitrifiers, and anammox bacteria in sediments of hyper-nutrified estuarine tidal flats and in relation to environmental conditions

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 815-823

  Zhang, Xiaoli ^a   Agogué, Hélène ^b   Dupuy, Christine ^b   Gong, Jun ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b Institut du Littoral et de l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Community size; Environment factor; Gene copy number ratio; Heavy metal; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TIDAL FLAT;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; LAIZHOU BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84902485876     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201300013     Document Type: Article

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