Bacterial production measured by leucine and thymidine incorporation rates in French lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 513-524

  Petit, Muriel ^a   Servais, Pierre ^b   Lavandier, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Bacterioplankton; Lakes; Leucine; Thymidine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; HETEROTROPHY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032709058     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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