Stormwater runoff drives viral community composition changes in inland freshwaters

Storm events impact freshwater microbial communities by transporting terrestrial viruses and other microbes to freshwater systems, and by potentially resuspending microbes from bottom sediments. The magnitude of these impacts on freshwater ecosystems is unknown and largely unexplored. Field studie...

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Main Authors: Kurt E. Williamson, Jamie V. Harris, Jasmin C. Green, Faraz eRahman, Randolph M. Chambers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00105/full