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Fillinger, L. ; Hug, K. ; Trimbach, A.M.* ; Wang, H. ; Kellermann, C.S. ; Meyer, A. ; Bendinger, B.* ; Griebler, C.

The D-A-(C) index: A practical approach towards the microbiological - ecological monitoring of groundwater ecosystems.

Water Res. 163:114902 (2019)
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Groundwater is not only a vital resource, but also one of the largest terrestrial aquatic ecosystems on Earth. However, to date, ecological criteria are often not considered in routine groundwater monitoring, mainly because of the lack of suitable ecological assessment tools. Prokaryotic microorganisms are ubiquitous in groundwater ecosystems even under the harshest conditions, making them ideal bioindicators for ecological monitoring. We have developed a simple, inexpensive approach that enables ecological groundwater monitoring based on three microbiological parameters that can be easily integrated into existing routine monitoring practices: prokaryotic cell density (D) measured by flow cytometry; activity (A) measured as prokaryotic intracellular ATP concentrations using a simple celllysis-luminescence assay; and, as an optional parameter, the bioavailable carbon (C) measured as the concentration of assimilable organic carbon in a simple batch growth assay. We analyzed data for three case studies of different disturbances representing some of the main threats to groundwater ecosystems, i.e. organic contamination with hydrocarbons, surface water intrusion, and agricultural land use. For all three disturbances, disturbed samples could be reliably distinguished from undisturbed samples based on a single index value obtained from multivariate outlier analyses of the microbial variables. We could show that this multivariate approach allowed for a significantly more sensitive and reliable detection of disturbed samples compared to separate univariate outlier analyses of the measured variables. Furthermore, a comparison of non-contaminated aquifers from nine different regions across Germany revealed distinct multivariate signatures along the three microbial variables, which should be considered when applying our approach in practice. In essence, our approach offers a practical tool for the detection of disturbances of groundwater ecosystems based on microbial parameters which can be seamlessly extended in the future by additional parameters for higher sensitivity as well as flexibility. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Flow Cytometry ; Total Prokaryotic Cell Counts ; Intracellular Atp ; Assimilable Organic Carbon (aoc) ; Robust Estimates ; Mahalanobis Distance; Drinking-water; Organic-carbon; Surface-water; Growth; Atp; Biodiversity; Crustaceans; Challenge; Pristine; Biomass
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2019
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2019
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0043-1354
e-ISSN 1879-2448
Zeitschrift Water Research
Quellenangaben Band: 163, Heft: , Seiten: , Artikelnummer: 114902 Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Verlagsort Amsterdam [u.a.] ; Jena [u.a.]
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Groundwater Ecology (IGOE)
POF Topic(s) 20403 - Sustainable Water Management
Forschungsfeld(er) Environmental Sciences
PSP-Element(e) G-504300-002
G-504390-001
DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2019.114902
WOS ID WOS:000483006400051
Scopus ID 85069690330
Erfassungsdatum 2019-08-05
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