Symbiotic association of the ciliate Ophrydium naumanni with Chlorella causing a deep chlorophyll a maximum in an oligotrophic South Andes lake

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 167-178

  Queimaliños, Claudia P ^a   Modenutti, Beatriz E ^a   Balseiro, Esteban G ^a  

^a Unidad Postal Universidad   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE; LIGHT; NUTRIENT; SOLUTE CONCENTRATION; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CILIATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; LAKE MORENO OESTE;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; OPHRYDIUM; OPHRYDIUM NAUMANNI;

EID: 0032796098     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.1.167     Document Type: Article

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