The influence of experimentally generated turbulence on the Mash01 unicellular Microcystis aeruginosa strain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 517, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 107-120

  Regel, Rudi H ^a,b   Brookes, Justin D ^a,b   Ganf, George G ^a,c   Griffiths, Ross W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr Water Qual Treatm ^*  (Australia)

^c Coop Res Ctr for Freshw Ecology ^*  (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Fluorescent dyes; Microcystis; Small scale turbulence

Indexed keywords

LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS; PHOTOPLANKTONS;

CELLS; ECOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; TURBULENCE; WIND;

BIODIVERSITY;

DYE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; METABOLISM; PHYTOPLANKTON; TURBULENCE;

MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 3442888136     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027341.08433.32     Document Type: Article

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