The effect of variations in irradiance on buoyancy regulation in Microcystis aeruginosa

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-281

  Wallace, Brett B ^a   Hamilton, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BUOYANCY; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAKE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032987885     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.2.0273     Document Type: Article

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