Cell death in lake phytoplankton communities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1496-1506

  Agustí, Susana ^a   Alou, Eva ^a   Hoyer, Mark V ^b   Frazer, Thomas K ^b   Canfield, Daniel E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Community structure; Florida lakes; Membrane permeability; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APOPTOSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33746237805     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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