Dominance of diatoms over cyanobacterial species in nitrogen-limited biofilms

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-112

  Van Der Grinten, Esther ^a   Simis, S G H ^a   Barranguet, C ^a   Admiraal, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Cyanobacteria; Growth rate; Nitrate limitation; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

ACHNANTHES; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMUM; CYLINDROSPERMUM STAGNALE; LANCEOLATA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; LEPTOLYNGBYA FOVEOLARUM; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA PERMINUTA; PLANOTHIDIUM LANCEOLATUM;

EID: 4944247342     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0161-0099     Document Type: Article

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