title: Microbial metal tolerance in bermuda carbonate sediments.
abstract: The recovery of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria from Bermuda carbonate sediments on metal-supplemented media varied as much as 44-fold over a 15-cm depth. Distributional relationships with sulfate-reducing bacteria and sediment character indicated that metal tolerance was a function of metal bioavailability.
authors.affiliation: Jackson Estuarine Laboratory and Departments of Microbiology and Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Jones