Growth and production of free-living heterotrophic nanoflagellates in a eutrophic lake - Lake Donghu, Wuhan, China

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 498, Issue , 2003, Pages 85-95

  Zhao, Yufeng ^a   Yu, Yuhe ^a   Feng, Weisong ^a   Shen, Yunfen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eutrophic lake; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; in situ growth rate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; FOOD SUPPLY; LAKES; PRODUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HETEROTROPHIC NANOFLAGELLATES (HNF);

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FLAGELLATE; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; LAKE DONGHU; WUHAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0344585517     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026239306120     Document Type: Article

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