Competition between benthic cyanobacteria and diatoms as influenced by different grain sizes and temperatures

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 187, Issue , 1999, Pages 77-87

  Watermann, Frank ^a   Hillebrand, Helmut ^b   Gerdes, Gisela ^a   Krumbein, Wolfgang E ^c   Sommer, Ulrich ^b  

^a Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Mud; Sand; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GRAIN SIZE; GROWTH; LABORATORY METHOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; LIMOSA; MERISMOPEDIA; MERISMOPEDIA PUNCRATE; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; NITZSCHIA; OSCILLATORIA LIMOSA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 0033554608     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps187077     Document Type: Article

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