Microbial food web in an oligotrophic high mountain lake (Jöri Lake III, Switzerland)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 162-168

  Hinder, Brigitte ^a   Baur, Isabel ^a   Hanselmann, Kurt ^a   Schanz, Ferdinand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine lake; Autotrophic picoplankton; Bacterial growth rates; Microbial food web; Mixotrophic algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOBRYON CYLINDRICUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0006253351     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.1999.162     Document Type: Article

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