Microplankton dynamics in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake - Lake Hoare

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 853-869

  Roberts, Emily C ^a,b   Priscu, John C ^c   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ciliates; Cryptophytes; Lakes; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE HOARE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; PROTOZOA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 3042784919     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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