The unicellular freshwater cyanobacterium Synechococcus and mixotrophic flagellates: Evidence for a functional association in an oligotrophic, subalpine lake

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-273

  Callieri, Cristiana ^a,b   Caravati, Emanuele ^a   Morabito, Giuseppe ^a   Oggioni, Alessandro ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Institute of Ecosystem Study   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceratium hirundinella; Freshwater Synechococcus; Functional association; Mixotrophic flagellates

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CERATIUM HIRUNDINELLA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOCHROMULINA PARVA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS EROSA; CRYPTOMONAS OVATA; DINOBRYON BAVARICUM; DINOBRYON SOCIALE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); RHODOMONAS MINUTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; UROGLENA AMERICANA;

EID: 33645052446     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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