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Do biofilm communities respond to the chemical signatures of fracking? A test involving streams in North-central Arkansas

BACKGROUND: Unconventional natural gas (UNG) extraction (fracking) is ongoing in 29 North American shale basins (20 states), with ~6000 wells found within the Fayetteville shale (north-central Arkansas). If the chemical signature of fracking is detectable in streams, it can be employed to bookmark p...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Wilson H., Douglas, Marlis R., Lewis, Jeffrey A., Stuecker, Tara N., Carbonero, Franck G., Austin, Bradley J., Evans-White, Michelle A., Entrekin, Sally A., Douglas, Michael E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28158975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-0926-5