Spatial variation in microalgal colonization on hard surfaces in a lentic freshwater environment

Biofouling

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-195

  Sekar, R ^a   Nandakumar, K ^b   Venugopalan, V P ^b   Nair, K V K ^b   Rao, V N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Edge effect; Microalgae; Periphyton; Succession

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFOULING; CALOTHRIX; MICROALGAE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTHRIX; CALOTHRIX SP.; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; COLEOCHAETE SCUTATA; EUKARYOTA; GOMPHONEIS; GOMPHONEIS OLIVACEUM; PEDIASTRUM BORYANUM;

EID: 0032452318     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927019809378380     Document Type: Article

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