Viability of the cyanobacterium Planktothrix rubescens in the cold and dark, related to over-winter survival and summer recruitment in Lake Zürich

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-184

  Holland, Daryl P ^a   Walsby, Anthony E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Gas vesicles; Lake Zurich; Over winter survival; Planktothrix; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OVERWINTERING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOCLINE; VIABILITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICHSEE;

CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS;

EID: 45849145094     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260801904822     Document Type: Article

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