Benthic Microbial Communities in a Seasonally Ice-Covered Sub-Arctic River (Pasvik River, Norway) Are Shaped by Site-Specific Environmental Conditions

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: Maria Papale, Carmen Rizzo, Stefania Giannarelli, Gabriella Caruso, Stefano Amalfitano, Paul Eric Aspholm, Giovanna Maimone, Stefano Miserocchi, Alessandro Ciro Rappazzo, Angelina Lo Giudice, Maurizio Azzaro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: anthropogenic contamination; microbial community; bacterial diversity; Arctic river; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Norway; Pasvik
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10051022; https://doaj.org/article/43ce5ff695f54c9da708ebe39febfbb6

The Pasvik River experiences chemical, physical, and biological stressors due to the direct discharges of domestic sewage from settlements located within the catchment and runoff from smelter and mine wastes. Sediments, as a natural repository of organic matter and associated contaminants, are of gl...