Seasonal and spatial variability in the abundance of auto- and heterotrophic plankton in Lake Tanganyika

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-63

  De Wever, Aaike ^a   Muylaert, Koenraad ^a,d   Cocquyt, Christine ^a,b   Van Wichelen, Jeroen ^a   Plisnier, Pierre Denis ^c   Vyverman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Lake Tanganyika; Microbial food web; Picoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROORGANISM; MONITORING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PROTOZOAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 37549047948     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2007/0170-0049     Document Type: Article

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