Susceptibility of bacterioplankton to nutrient enrichment of oligotrophic and ultraoligotrophic lake waters

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-127

  Bertoni, Roberto ^a   Callieri, Cristiana ^a   Balseiro, Esteban ^b   Modenutti, Beatriz ^b  

^a CNR Institute of Ecosystem Study   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Carbon addition; Oligotrophic lake; Phosphorus addition; Ultraoligotrophic lake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAKE WATER; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE GUTIERREZ; LAKE MAGGIORE; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 57649118518     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2008.120     Document Type: Article

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