Seasonal variation of phototrophic picoplankton in Lake Biwa (1994-1998)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 528, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Wakabayashi, Tetsuya ^a   Ichise, Satoshi ^a  

^a Shiga Pref Inst Pub Hlth E   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell enumeration techniques; cell volume; Lake Biwa; phototrophic picoplankton; seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

GLASS MICROSCOPIC PLATES; HETEROTROPHIC NANOFLAGELLATES; PHOTOTROPHIC PICOPLANKTON; PHYCOCYANINS;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMASS; CELLS; EUTROPHICATION; FILTRATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NITROGEN; PIGMENTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PICOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; BIWA LAKE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 7244254517     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-8985-7     Document Type: Article

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