Long term picoplankton dynamics in a warm-monomictic, tropical high altitude lake

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-192

  Macek, Miroslav ^a,b   Alcocer, Javier ^a   Lugo Vázquez, Alfonso ^a   Martínez Pérez, María Elena ^a   Peralta Soriano, Laura ^a   Vilaclara Fatjó, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Athalassohaline lake; Bacteria; Chlorophyll a; Picoplankton

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; DRY SEASON; EPILIMNION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOLIMNION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL LOOP; MIXING; PICOPLANKTON; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; WARM WATER;

LAKE ALCHICHICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 69949106051     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2009.183     Document Type: Article

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