Occurrence of viable photoautotrophic picoplankton in the aphotic zone of Lake Biwa, Japan

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 539-550

  Eguchi, Mitsuru ^a   Oketa, Takemi ^a,c   Miyamoto, Nobukazu ^a   Maeda, Hirota ^b,d   Kawai, Akira ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; PICOPLANKTON;

JAPAN, HONSHU, LAKE BIWA;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029662459     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.4.539     Document Type: Article

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