Formation of macroscopic organic aggregates (lake snow) in a large lake: The significance of transparent exopolymer particles, phytoplankton, and Zooplankton

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1651-1659

  Grossart, Hans Peter ^a,c   Simon, Meinhard ^a,c   Logan, Bruce E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; FORMATION MECHANISM; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER;

GERMANY;

EID: 0031824993     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.8.1651     Document Type: Article

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