Abundance of bacteria, picophytoplankton, nanoflagellates and ciliates in relation to chlorophyll α and nutrient concentrations in 34 Japanese waters

Japanese Journal of Limnology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-259

  Takamura, Noriko ^a   Ishikawa, Yasushi ^b   Mikami, Hidetoshi ^b   Mikami, Hajime ^c   Fujita, Yukio ^d   Higuchi, Sumio ^e   Murase, Hideya ^f   Yamanaka, Sunao ^g   Nax Jyo, Yoshiyuki ^h   Igaki, Tadamitsu ⁱ   Fukushima, Takehiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^c Aomori Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

^d Tochigi Pref Res Inst Environ P   (Japan)

^e Nagano Research Institute for Health and Pollution   (Japan)

^f Gifu Prefectural Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^g Shiga Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

^h Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ Kagoshima Prefectural Institute for Education Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese lakes; Microbial food web; Nutrient level; Picophytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROCOCCALES; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA;

JAPANESE LAKES;

EID: 0030320053     PISSN: 00215104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3739/rikusui.57.245     Document Type: Article

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