Ground-water Microbiology and Geochemistry

About the author FRANCIS H. CHAPELLE is a Research Hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey in Columbia, South Carolina. He has been the team leader for the USGS Microbial Studies Group in the South Carolina District for the past eight years. He has been active in the movement to establish a firm, scientific basis for applying bioremediation strategies to contaminated ground-water systems, including serving on the National Research Council panel on in situ bioremediation, and serves as a technical reviewer for the journals Ground Water, Water Resources Research, Environmental Science and Technology, and Geology. Dr. Chapelle received the USGS Superior Service Award in 1988 for his original research in subsurface microbiology. He received his PhD in geochemistry/geology from the George Washington University in 1984.

Partial table of contents:; History, Geology, and Microbiology; Microorganisms Present in the Ground-Water Environment; Bacterial Growth; Bacterial Metabolism; Bacterial Genetics; Microbial Ecology of Ground-Water Systems; MICROBIAL PROCESSES IN PRISTINE GROUND-WATER SYSTEMS; Abundance and Distribution of Bacteria in the Subsurface; Microbiologic Sampling of Subsurface Environments; Biogeochemical Cycling in Ground-Water Systems; Geochemical Modeling as a Tool for Studying Microbial Processes in Ground-Water Systems; MICROBIAL PROCESSES IN CONTAMINATED GROUND-WATER SYSTEMS; Microbial Acclimation to Ground-Water Contamination; References; Index.