Aggregation with clay causes sedimentation of the buoyant cyanobacteria Microcystis spp.

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-174

  Verspagen, Jolanda M H ^a,b   Visser, Petra M ^a   Huisman, Jef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Coagulation; Flocculation; Harmful algal blooms; TEP; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 33750061052     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame044165     Document Type: Article

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