Annual plankton dynamics in an Antarctic saline lake

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-519

  Bell, Elanor M ^a,b   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ace Lake; Antarctica; Bacterioplankton; Meromictic; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINE LAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

COPEPODA; EUPLOTES; MESODINIUM RUBRUM; NOTHOLCA; PARALABIDOCERA ANTARCTICA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0032766704     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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