Early stages of biofilm succession in a lentic freshwater environment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 512, Issue , 2004, Pages 97-108

  Sekar, R ^b,c   Venugopalan, V P ^a   Nandakumar, K ^a   Nair, K V K ^a   Rao, V N R ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Colonization; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Green algae; Microalgae; Succession

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGY; WATER;

ALGAL DENSITY; FRESHWATER;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KALPAKKAM; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

ACHNANTHES; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; AMPHORA; AMPHORA COFFEAEFORMIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALOTHRIX; CALOTHRIX ELENKINII; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROCOCCUM; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROOCOCCUS; CHROOCOCCUS MINUTUS; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; COCCONEIS SCUTELLUM; COLEOCHAETE; COLEOCHAETE SCUTATA; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA; GLOEOCAPSA NIGRESCENS; GOMPHONEIS; GOMPHONEMA; GOMPHONEMA GRUNOWII; GOMPHONEMA PARVULUM; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA AMPHIBIA; OEDOGONIUM; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA TENUIS; PEDIASTRUM BORYANUM; PEDIASTRUM TETRAS; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM TENUE; STIGEOCLONIUM; STIGEOCLONIUM TENUE; ULOTHRIX ZONATA;

EID: 1842533585     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000020314.69538.2c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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