Cyanobacterial buoyancy regulation: The paradoxical roles of carbon

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-53

  Kleiner, Andrew R ^a,b   Cullen, John J ^a   Mageau, Michael T ^a   Hanson, Kathryn M ^a   Sundell, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

blooms; Cyanobacteria; cyanobacterial buoyancy; dominance; gas vacuolation; gas vesicles; lake eutrophication; limiting nutrients; Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029831374     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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