Kinetics of cell death in the cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae and the production of dissolved organic carbon

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 991-998

  Lee, Dae Young ^a   Rhee, G Yull ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabaena flos aquae; Cell death; Cyanobacterium; Dissolved organic carbon; Heterocysts; Nitrogen fixation; Phosphorus limitation; Specific death rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031422409     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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