Flow cytometric detection of phosphatase activity combined with 13C-CO2 tracer-based growth rate assessment in phytoplankton populations from a shallow lake

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-169

  Dignum, Marco ^a,b   Hoogveld, Hans L ^a   Floris, Virgilio ^a   Gons, Herman J ^a   Matthijs, Hans C P ^b   Pel, Roel ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Enzyme labelled fluorescence; Filamentous cyanobacteria; Fluorescence activated cell sorting; Phytoplankton; Population specific growth rate; Stable isotope labelling

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; LIMNOTHRIX;

EID: 6344271595     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame037159     Document Type: Article

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