Terrestrial Runoff Controls the Bacterial Community Composition of Biofilms along a Water Quality Gradient in the Great Barrier Reef | Zendy

Verena Witt | Zendy; Christian Wild | Zendy; Sven Uthicke | Zendy

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Terrestrial Runoff Controls the Bacterial Community Composition of Biofilms along a Water Quality Gradient in the Great Barrier Reef

Author(s) -

Verena Witt,

Christian Wild,

Sven Uthicke

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.01623-12

Subject(s) - great barrier reef , surface runoff , reef , water quality , biofilm , environmental science , composition (language) , ecology , biology , bacteria , genetics , linguistics , philosophy

16S rRNA gene molecular analysis elucidated the spatiotemporal distribution of bacterial biofilm communities along a water quality gradient. Multivariate statistics indicated that terrestrial runoff, in particular dissolved organic carbon and chlorophylla concentrations, induced shifts of specific bacterial communities between locations and seasons, suggesting microbial biofilms could be suitable bioindicators for water quality.

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