Production of epiphytic bacteria and bacterioplankton in three shallow lakes

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-292

  Theil Nielsen, Jon ^a   Søndergaard, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; THYMIDINE;

BACTERIUM; EPIPHYTE; LAKE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

DENMARK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS;

EID: 0032865139     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546446     Document Type: Article

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