Response of a natural phytoplankton assemblage to pulsed supply of phosphorus in semicontinuous cultures

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-29

  Ghosh, M ^a   Rajendra Prasad, K V ^a   Mehta, S K ^a   Gaur, J P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; Community structure; Diatoms; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton; Semicontinuous culture

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHOSPHORUS;

LAKE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

HORMIDIUM; NAVICULA CRYPTOCEPHALA; PHORMIDIUM MUCOSUM; SYNEDRA ULNA;

EID: 0345435956     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/1999008     Document Type: Article

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