Nutrient limitation of bacteria and sources of nutrients supporting nutrient-limited bacterial growth in an Amazonian floodplain lake

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-67

  Rejas, Danny ^a,b   Muylaert, Koenraad ^c   De Meester, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bacteria; Floodplain lake; Nutrient deletion dilution experiments; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; White water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA;

EID: 20044383023     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame039057     Document Type: Article

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