Study of Heavy Metals and Microbial Communities in Contaminated Sediments Along an Urban Estuary

Study of Heavy Metals and Microbial Communities in Contaminated Sediments Along an Urban Estuary

Estuarine sediments are increasingly contaminated by heavy metals as a result of urbanization and human activities. Continuous multi-heavy metal accumulation in the ecosystem can provoke new effects on top of the complex environmental interactions already present in estuarine ecosystems. It is impor...

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Main Authors: Jun Yi, Linus Shing Him Lo, Hongbin Liu, Pei-Yuan Qian, Jinping Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
estuarine sediments
microbial communities
heavy metals
metal resistance genes
ecological functions
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.741912/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.741912/full

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