Development of microalgae communities in the phytotelmata of allochthonous populations of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 849-860

  Gebuhr C ^a   Pohlon, E ^a   Schmidt, A R ^a,b   Kusel K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algae; Carnivorous plants; Phytotelmata; Pitcher plant inquiline communities; Sarracenia purpurea

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOCOENOSIS; BIOMASS; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DICOTYLEDON; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INQUILINISM; MICROALGA; PHYTOTELMIC ECOSYSTEM;

ALGA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; FLAGELLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; ROTIFERA; SARRACENIACEAE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MASTIGOPHORA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SARRACENIACEAE;

BLEKINGE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SAXONY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ACARI; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLOROCOCCALES; CHLOROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; KLEBSORMIDIALES; NEMATODA; OCHROMONADALES; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 33846242651     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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