Role of hydrophobic extracellular polysaccharide of Aulacoseira granulata (Bacillariophyceae) on aggregate formation in a turbulent and hypereutrophic reservoir

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1887-1899

  Vieira, Armando Augusto Henriques ^a   Ortolano, Pedro Ivo Coelho ^a   Giroldo, Danilo ^a   Oliveira, Maria José Dellamano ^a   Bittar, Thais Beraldo ^a   Lombardi, Ana Teresa ^a   Sartori, Antonio Luiz ^a   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; EXOPOLYMER; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYSACCHARIDE; POPULATION DENSITY;

BARRA BONITA RESERVOIR; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AULACOSEIRA GRANULATA; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 52149091633     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.5.1887     Document Type: Article

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