Nutrient enrichment induces dormancy and decreases diversity of active bacteria in salt marsh sediments

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kearns, Patrick J ^a   Angell, John H ^a   Howard, Evan M ^b   Deegan, Linda A ^c,e   Stanley, Rachel H R ^d   Bowen, Jennifer L ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DORMANCY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DORMANCY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENT; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84989227526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12881     Document Type: Article

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