Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of plankton communities in Lake Donghu, China, as revealed by PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and its relation to biotic and abiotic factors

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 328-337

  Yu, Yuhe ^a   Yan, Qingyun ^a,b   Feng, Weisong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Genetic diversity; Lake Donghu; PCR DGGE; Plankton community; Species composition

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIBOSOME RNA;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HETEROGENEITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ECOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRESH WATER; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEASONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; CHINA; DONG LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WUHAN;

CRUSTACEA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 38849103564     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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