An in situ enclosure experiment to test the solar UVB impact on plankton in a high-altitude mountain lake. II. Effects on the microbial food web

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 859-876

  Sommaruga, Ruben ^a   Sattler, Birgit ^a   Oberleiter, Alex ^a   Wille, Anton ^a   Wögrath Sommaruga, Sabine ^a   Psenner, Roland ^a   Felip, Marisol ^b   Camarero, Lluis ^b   Pina, Sonia ^b   Gironés, Rosina ^b   Catalán, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; LAKE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; THYMIDINE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; URITRICHA PELAGICA; UROTRICHA FURCATA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; LAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANKTON; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

UROTRICHA FURCATA; UROTRICHA PELAGICA;

EID: 0032771872     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.5.859     Document Type: Article

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