Nutrients and heavy metals mediate the distribution of microbial community in the marine sediments of the Bohai Sea, China

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 255; no. Pt 1; p. 113069
• Main Authors: Lu, Meiqing, Luo, Xin, Jiao, Jiu Jimmy, Li, Hailong, Wang, Xuejing, Gao, Jingyan, Zhang, Xiaolang, Xiao, Kai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2019
• Subjects: ammonia; ammonium; anthropogenic activities; Bays - chemistry; Bays - microbiology; Bohai sea; China; ecosystem management; environmental impact; Environmental Monitoring - methods; genes; Geologic Sediments - chemistry; Geologic Sediments - microbiology; guidelines; Heavy metals; marine sediments; metabolism; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Metals, Heavy - toxicity; microbial communities; Microbial community; Microbiota - drug effects; microorganisms; nitrogen; Nutrients; Oceans and Seas; phosphorus; physicochemical properties; pollution load; Proteobacteria; Proteobacteria - isolation & purification; ribosomal RNA; Rivers - chemistry; Rivers - microbiology; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; seawater; Seawater - chemistry; Seawater - microbiology; Sediments; sequence analysis; sulfur; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Yellow River; Yellow Sea; China; Yellow Sea; Yellow River; Nutrients; Sediments; Heavy metals; Microbial community; Bohai sea

The Bohai Sea, one of the largest marginal seas in China, is extensively influenced by human and industrial activities. The pollutant loads from anthropogenic activities have induced severe ecological problems. The study investigates the physicochemical characteristics of seawater and sediments in B...