Characterization of photoautotrophic picoplankton assemblages in turbid, alkaline lakes of the Carpathian Basin (Central Europe)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-395

  Felföldi, Tamás ^a   Somogyi, Boglárka ^b   Márialigeti, Károly ^a   Vörös, Lajos ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Epifluorescence microscopy; PCR based molecular techniques; Photoautotrophic picoplankton; Soda lake

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TURBIDITY;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALGAE; CYANOBIUM; EUKARYOTA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 69949095095     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2009.385     Document Type: Article

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