Biofilm resilience to desiccation in groundwater aquifers: A laboratory and field study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 514, Issue , 2015, Pages 281-289

  Weaver, L ^a   Webber, J B ^a   Hickson, A C ^a   Abraham, P M ^a   Close, M E ^a  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Desiccation; Enzyme activity; Groundwater; Stress response; Zone of intermittent saturation (ZIS)

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOFILMS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LABORATORIES; LAND USE; POTABLE WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DESICCATION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; STRESS RESPONSE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ESTERASE; GLUCOSIDASE; GROUND WATER; PHOSPHATASE;

AQUIFER; BIOFILM; DESICCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESILIENCE; SATURATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM RESILIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SYNECOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOFILMS; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; LABORATORIES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84922463545     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.031     Document Type: Article

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