Short-term vertical distribution of phytoplankton populations in a shallow tropical lake (Lake Municipal, Yaounde, Cameroon)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 469-485

  Tadonléké, Rémy D ^a   Jugnia, Louis B ^a   Sime Ngando, Télesphore ^a   Zébazé, Serge ^b   Nola, Moïse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CAMEROON; LAKE MUNICIPAL;

ALGAE; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS OVATA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA; LEPOCINCLIS FUSIFORMIS; LIMOSA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OSCILLATORIA LIMOSA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS PEVALEKII; TRACHELOMONAS HISPIDA;

EID: 0345726046     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/143/1998/469     Document Type: Article

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