Phytoplankton activities in hypersaline, anoxic conditions. I - Dynamics of phytoplankton succession in the solar lake (Taba, Egypt)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 117-125

  Ali, Gamila H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial mat; Holomixis; Hypersaline; Phytoplankton; Solar lake; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROBIAL ELECTRODES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TURBIDITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; CHLORIDE; CYANOBACTERIAL MAT; HOLOMIXIS; HYPERSALINE; PHYTOPLANKTON ACTIVITIES; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN PROFILE;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; SILICATE;

ALGAL MAT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SUCCESSION;

ALGA; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

EGYPT;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032702653     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00590-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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