Ecology of cryptophytes coexisting near a freshwater chemocline

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-78

  Gervais, Frank ^a,b  

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

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOCLINE; COEXISTENCE; CRYPTOPHYTE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE;

GERMANY, BERLIN, SCHLACHTENSEE;

CRYPTOMONAS PHASEOLUS; CRYPTOMONAS ROSTRATIFORMIS; CRYPTOMONAS UNDULAYA; CRYPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0031885074     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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