Effect of dilution rate on competitive interactions between the cyanobacterium Microcystis novacekii and the green alga Scenedesmus quadricauda in mixed chemostat cultures

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-35

  Takeya, Kaoru ^a   Kuwata, Akira ^b   Yoshida, Makoto ^c   Miyazaki, Tatsuo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DILUTION; GREEN ALGA; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS NOVACEKII; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS QUADRICAUDA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1642441321     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh005     Document Type: Article

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