@article {52894,
	title = {Microbiology of a northern river: Bacterial distribution and relationship to suspended sediment and organic carbon},
	volume = {25},
	year = {1979},
	month = {06/1979},
	pages = {4 pages },
	publisher = {Canadian Journal of Microbiology },
	abstract = {Epifluorescent microscopy showed as many as 4 {\texttimes} 106 bacteria/mL in the turbid waters of the Athabasca River near the tar sand deposits in northeastern Alberta. The numbers were usually similar upstream and downstream (60 km) from pilot-mining operations. The majority of bacteria existed as free-living cells in spite of the fact there were high concentrations of suspended sediment present (average 220 mg/L) during the ice-free period. Fluctuations in bacterial concentration were positively correlated (r = 0.86, P < 0.05) with total organic carbon concentrations in the river water.},
	keywords = {aquatic species, Athabasca River, microbiology, ributaries, sediment, UofC},
	url = {http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/m79-162},
	author = {Geesey, G. G. and Costerton, J. W.}
}
