Does pigment composition reflect phytoplankton community structure in differing temperature and light conditions in a deep alpine lake? An approach using hplc and delayed fluorescence techniques

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1108-1119

  Greisberger, Sonja ^a   Teubner, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryptophytes; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Marker pigment ratios; Metalimnion; Oscillaxanthin

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 36849070274     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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