A comparison of phytoplankton size-fractions in Mondsee, an alpine lake in Austria: Distribution, pigment composition and primary production rates

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-389

  Greisberger, Sonja ^a   Dokulil, Martin T ^b   Teubner, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

APP; Lipophilic pigments; Mesotrophic; Picophytoplankton; Primary production rates; Size fractions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AUTOTROPHY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAKE; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDSEE [UPPER AUSTRIA]; UPPER AUSTRIA;

EID: 49349102612     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9095-1     Document Type: Article

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