Experimental study on the microbial plankton community in a South American wetland (Lower Paraná River Basin) and the effect of the light deficiency due to the floating macrophytes

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 753-768

  Sinistro, Rodrigo ^a   Izaguirre, Irina ^a,b   Asikian, Vanesa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANKTON; WETLAND;

PARANA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS EROSA; CRYPTOMONAS MARSSONII;

EID: 33747891870     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl008     Document Type: Article

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