Net heterotrophy in Faroe Islands clear-water lakes: Causes and consequences for bacterioplankton and phytoplankton

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2011-2020

  Pålsson, Carina ^a   Kritzberg, Emma S ^a   Christoffersen, Kirsten ^b   Granéli, Wilhelm ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Clear water; Mixotrophy; Net heterotrophy; Oligotrophic

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LOSS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATION; SUPERSATURATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOMONAS; DINOBRYON; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS;

EID: 33745208799     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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