Watershed urbanization alters the composition and function of stream bacterial communities.

Watershed urbanization leads to dramatic changes in draining streams, with urban streams receiving a high frequency of scouring flows, together with the nutrient, contaminant, and thermal pollution associated with urbanization. These changes are known to cause significant losses of sensitive insect...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Si-Yi Wang, Elizabeth B Sudduth, Matthew D Wallenstein, Justin P Wright, Emily S Bernhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3155513?pdf=render