Benefits and costs of the grazer-induced colony formation in Microcystis aeruginosa

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-208

  Yang, Zhen ^a,b   Kong, Fanxiang ^a   Yang, Zhou ^c   Zhang, Min ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Qian, Shanqin ^a,b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clearance rate; Morphological plasticity; Ochromonas sp; Polysaccharide; Sinking rate

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYSACCHARIDE; PREDATION RISK;

ALGAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; OCHROMONAS;

EID: 70349559731     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2009020     Document Type: Article

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