Freshwater picocyanobacteria along a trophic gradient and light quality range

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 1998, Pages 117-125

  Vörös, Lajos ^a   Callieri, Cristiana ^b   V Balogh, Katalin ^a   Bertoni, Roberto ^b  

^a BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Freshwater picocyanobacteria; Synechococcus spp.; Trophic gradient; Underwater light quality; Vertical attenuation coefficients

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT ATTENUATION; PICOPLANKTON; TROPHIC STATUS;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 7344251168     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2668-9_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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