Photosynthetic production and photoadaptation of phototrophic sulfur bacteria in Lake Cadagno (Switzerland)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1262-1269

  Schanz, F ^a   Fischer Romero, C ^a   Bachofen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

LAKE CADAGNO; SWITZERLAND;

CHROMATIUM OKENII;

EID: 0031735124     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.6.1262     Document Type: Article

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