Do light quality and low nutrient concentration favour picocyanobacteria below the thermocline of the oligotrophic Lake Stechlin?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 771-781

  Gervais, Frank ^a   Padisák, Judit ^b   Koschel, Rainer ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030838929     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.6.771     Document Type: Article

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