Occurrence and microbial dynamics of macroscopic organic aggregates (lake snow) in Lake Kinneret, Israel, in fall

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-67

  Grossart, Hans Peter ^a,c   Berman, Tom ^b   Simon, Meinhard ^a   Pohlmann, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate formation; Bacteria; Ectoenzyme activities; Fish feeding; Lake kinneret; Lake snow aggregates; POM; TEP

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOBRAMA LISSNERI; ACANTHOBRAMA TERRAESANCTAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0002543962     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame014059     Document Type: Article

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