Legacy Metal Contaminants and Excess Nutrients in Low Flow Estuarine Embayments Alter Composition and Function of Benthic Bacterial Communities

Legacy Metal Contaminants and Excess Nutrients in Low Flow Estuarine Embayments Alter Composition and Function of Benthic Bacterial Communities

Coastal systems such as estuaries are threatened by multiple anthropogenic stressors worldwide. However, how these stressors and estuarine hydrology shape benthic bacterial communities and their functions remains poorly known. Here, we surveyed sediment bacterial communities in poorly flushed embaym...

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Main Authors: Simone C. Birrer, Franziska Wemheuer, Katherine A. Dafforn, Paul E. Gribben, Peter D. Steinberg, Stuart L. Simpson, Jaimie Potts, Peter Scanes, Martina A. Doblin, Emma L. Johnston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
hydrology
sediment
bacteria
16S rRNA
RNAseq
multiple stressors
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.661177/full

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