2013
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12176
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

National survey of molecular bacterial diversity of New Zealand groundwater: relationships between biodiversity, groundwater chemistry and aquifer characteristics

Abstract: Groundwater is a vital component of rural and urban water supplies in New Zealand. Although extensive monitoring of chemical and physical properties is conducted due to the high demand for this valuable resource, current information on its bacterial content is limited. However, bacteria provide an immense contribution to drive the biogeochemical processes in the groundwater ecosystem as in any other ecosystem. Therefore, a proper understanding of bacterial diversity is crucial to assess the effectiveness of gr… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
3
1
1

Citation Types

1
28
0

Year Published

2014
2014
2021
2021

Publication Types

Select...
7
1

Relationship

0
8

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 27 publications
(30 citation statements)
references
References 45 publications
1
28
0
Order By: Relevance
“…DNA-based methods have been used to characterise the community composition of prokaryotes across a wide range of environments including soils (Griffiths et al 2011), surface waters (Lear et al 2013), groundwater (Sirisena et al 2013) and air (Fierer et al 2008), including large or national scale surveys (Griffiths et al 2011;Lear et al 2013;Ranjard et al 2013). The resulting datasets have generated valuable insights into variabilities in prokaryote communities across land-uses and landscapes, as well as key environmental drivers or correlates of prokaryote community composition such as variation in climate (Lear et al 2013), pH (Lauber et al 2009) and pollution gradients (Yergeau et al 2012).…”
Section: Prokaryotesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…DNA-based methods have been used to characterise the community composition of prokaryotes across a wide range of environments including soils (Griffiths et al 2011), surface waters (Lear et al 2013), groundwater (Sirisena et al 2013) and air (Fierer et al 2008), including large or national scale surveys (Griffiths et al 2011;Lear et al 2013;Ranjard et al 2013). The resulting datasets have generated valuable insights into variabilities in prokaryote communities across land-uses and landscapes, as well as key environmental drivers or correlates of prokaryote community composition such as variation in climate (Lear et al 2013), pH (Lauber et al 2009) and pollution gradients (Yergeau et al 2012).…”
Section: Prokaryotesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Examples of systematic surveys that have an established framework upon which future research on microbial function and local diversity can be built include the recent survey of British soil bacterial communities (Griffiths et al 2011) and a national survey of New Zealand groundwater microbiology (Sirisena et al 2013), the first of its kind ever undertaken. A similar survey of UK aquifers would provide a valuable contribution to understanding the biodiversity of microorganisms and the roles they play in these environments, placing the UK at the forefront of this important area of research.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This work provided initial indications of relationships between bacterial community structure and groundwater chemistry. At the national scale, a more recent study evaluated the relative abundance of bacterial species in groundwater at all NGMP sites (Sirisena et al 2013). This study revealed considerable microbial biodiversity in New Zealand groundwater, finding strong relationships between community structure and groundwater chemistry, in particular with regard to the influence of redox potential and the degree of human impact.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…They operate state-of-the-environment (SOE) groundwater quality monitoring programmes within their own areas of jurisdiction and also collaborate in the operation of the National Groundwater Monitoring Programme (NGMP), which comprises 110 monitoring sites around the country Sirisena et al 2013). The NGMP is a longterm research and monitoring programme that aims to identify spatial patterns and temporal trends in groundwater quality at the national scale and relate them to specific causes (Rosen 2001;Daughney & Reeves 2005).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
See 1 more Smart Citation