Microbial Evaluation of Groundwater and its Implications on Redox Condition of a Multi-Layer Sedimentary Aquifer System

Environmental Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 331-346

  Keesari, Tirumalesh ^a   Ramakumar, K L ^a   Prasad, M Bala Krishna ^b   Chidambaram, S ^c   Perumal, Petha ^d   Prakash, D ^e   Nawani, N ^f  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Annamalai University ^*  (United States)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Agricultural Department   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^f DR D Y PATIL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Groundwater; Microbial contamination; Pondicherry; Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; HETEROTROPHIC CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PONDICHERRY; SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; PUDUCHERRY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84950323154     PISSN: 21987491     EISSN: 21987505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40710-015-0067-5     Document Type: Article

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