Competitive dominance of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa in nutrient-rich culture conditions with special reference to dissolved inorganic carbon uptake

Phycological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-208

  Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^a   Nakahara, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2 exchange efficiency; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Light; Mixed batch culture; pH

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; STAURASTRUM; SYNEDRA ULNA;

EID: 28944434298     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2005.tb00372.x     Document Type: Article

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