Regulation of bacterioplankton production and biomass in an oligotrophic clearwater lake - The importance of the phytoplankton community

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1009-1032

  Vrede, Katarina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; MERISMOPEDIA TENUISSIMA; METAZOA;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; LIMING; NUTRIENT ADDITION; OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

SWEDEN, LAKE NJUPFATET;

EID: 0029660170     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.6.1009     Document Type: Article

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