Physiological characteristics of picophytoplankton, isolated from Lake Kinneret: Responses to light and temperature

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1173-1183

  Malinsky Rushansky, Nechama ^a,b   Berman, Tom ^a   Berner, Tamar ^b   Yacobi, Yosef Z ^a   Dubinsky, Zvy ^b  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; TEMPERATURE;

ISRAEL; LAKE KINNERET;

MYCHONASTES HOMOSPHAERA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0036850214     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/24.11.1173     Document Type: Article

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