Microbial Community Profile and Water Quality in a Protected Area of the Caatinga Biome.

The Caatinga is a semi-arid biome in northeast Brazil. The Paraguaçú River is located in the Caatinga biome, and part of its course is protected by the National Park of Chapada Diamantina (PNCD). In this study we evaluated the effect of PNCD protection on the water quality and microbial community di...

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Main Authors: Fabyano Alvares Cardoso Lopes, Elisa Caldeira Pires Catão, Renata Henrique Santana, Anderson de Souza Cabral, Rodolfo Paranhos, Thiago Pessanha Rangel, Carlos Eduardo de Rezende, Robert A Edwards, Cristiane C Thompson, Fabiano L Thompson, Ricardo Henrique Kruger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4755664?pdf=render