Vertical distribution of phytoplankton in a clear water lake of Colombian Amazon (Lake Boa, Middle Caquetá)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-90

  Pinilla, Gabriel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amazon; Caquet ; Clear waters; Colombia; Vertical phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLOROPHYLL; PH EFFECTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REDOX REACTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AMAZON; CAQUETAACUTE; CLEAR WATERS; COLOMBIA; REDOX POTENTIAL (RP); VERTICAL PHYTOPLANKTON;

LAKES;

CYANOBACTERIUM; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REDOX POTENTIAL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BOA LAKE; CAQUETA; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOMONAS; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOBRYON; EUGLENA; LEPOCINCLIS ACUS; OSCILLATORIA SPLENDIDA; PERIDINIUM UMBONATUM; TRACHELOMONAS VOLVOCINA;

EID: 33746858114     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0038-y     Document Type: Article

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