The significance of autotrophic and heterotrophic picoplankton in hypertrophic ecosystems

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-200

  Sommaruga, Ruben ^a   Robarts, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autotrophic picoplankton; Bacterial biomass; Bacterial production; Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication; Lake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; HYPERTROPHIC LAKE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PICOPLANKTON;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; PLANKTOTHRIX;

EID: 0030707564     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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