Postulated responses of phytoplankton and bacteria to predicted increases of inorganic suspended sediments in oligotrophic lakes

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 763-779

  Schallenberg, Marc ^a   Friedrich, Udo ^a,b   Burns, Carolyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autotrophy:heterotrophy; Bacteria; Bacterial production; Lakes; Microautoradiography; Oligotrophic; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Suspended sediments; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035568035     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9517041     Document Type: Article

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