A Plea for Considering Processes That Take Place on the Micrometer Scale in Modelling the Groundwater Ecosystems’ Functions

The largest freshwater ecosystem on earth is in the subsurface: the groundwater. It is populated by animals of almost all phyla and by bacteria, archaea, and fungi. Processes on the macro-, meso-, and micro-scale shape this ecosystem. Bioremediation, i.e., the degradation of contaminants, is steered...

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Main Author: Susanne I. Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/12/1850