Microflora of a subalpine lake: Bacterial populations, size and DNA distributions, and their dependence on phosphate

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-101

  Button, D K ^a   Robertson, B R ^a   Jüttner, Friedrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Limnologische Station   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterial biomass; Phosphate; Subalpine lake

Indexed keywords

DNA; LAKE WATER; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS;

BACTERIAL BIOMASS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHATE; SUBALPINE LAKE;

SWITZERLAND, LAKE ZURICH;

EID: 0030251299     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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