Urea degradation by picophytoplankton in the euphotic zone of Lake Biwa

Limnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-26

  Mitamura, Osamu ^a   Kawashima, Munetsugu ^b   Maeda, Hiroto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lake Biwa; Picophytoplankton; Urea degradation; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009439308     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102010070025     Document Type: Article

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