The role of cell-surface-bound phosphatases in species competition within natural phytoplankton assemblage: An in situ experiment

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-138

  Štrojsová, Alena ^a,b   Nedoma, Jiří ^a   Štrojsová, Martina ^a,b   Cao, Xiuyun ^c   Vrba, Jaroslav ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Competition; Ectoenzyme; ELF97 phosphate; Image cytometry; Species specific activity

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLYSIS; PHOSPHATASE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANKYRA ANCORA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 57649120794     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2008.128     Document Type: Article

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