Shape and size in phytoplankton ecology: Do they matter?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 578, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Naselli Flores, Luigi ^a   Padisák, Judit ^b   Albay, Meriç ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Morpho functional descriptors; Morphological traits; Organisational levels; Plasticity of phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TAXONOMIES;

MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTORS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS; ORGANISATIONAL LEVELS; PLASTICITY OF PHYTOPLANKTON;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHAPE; SIZE STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 33847632917     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-2815-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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