Photosynthetic picoplankton dynamics in Lake Tahoe: Temporal and spatial niche partitioning among prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1307-1320

  Winder, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

LAKE TAHOE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70349943701     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp074     Document Type: Article

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