Seasonal changes in horizontal distribution of algal picoplankton in Lake Biwa with special reference to water temperature, nutrient levels and heterotrophic flagellates

Japanese Journal of Limnology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-55

  Nakano, Shin Ichi ^a   Tanaka, Katsumi ^b   Sono, Tadashi ^b   Wakabayashi, Tetsuya ^b   Ichise, Satoshi ^b   Yamanaka, Sunao ^b   Kaneda, Emiko ^b   Yada, Minoru ^b   Naitoh, Mikishige ^b   Kawabe, Koichi ^b   Maehata, Kayo ^b   Fujiwara, Naoki ^b   Maeda, Noriko ^b   Nomura, Kiyoshi ^b   Nakanishi, Masami ^c  

^a LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algal picoplankton; Heterotrophic flagellates; Horizontal distribution; Lake Biwa

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; FLAGELLATE; NUTRIENT LEVEL; PICOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

JAPAN, HONSHU, LAKE BIWA;

EID: 0030484824     PISSN: 00215104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3739/rikusui.57.49     Document Type: Article

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