Eco-fingerprinting of the dinoflagellate Borghiella dodgei: Experimental evidence of a specific environmental niche

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 639, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-98

  Flaim, Giovanna ^a   Rott, Eugen ^b   Frassanito, Rita ^c   Guella, Graziano ^c   Obertegger, Ulrike ^a  

^a Edmund Mach Environment and Natural Resources Area   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borghiella; Cold stenothermic; Encystment; Life cycle; Mycosporine like amino acids; Organic requirement

Indexed keywords

BIOVOLUMES; COLD STENOTHERMIC; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIGHER YIELD; IN-CELL; IRRADIANCE LEVEL; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MYCOSPORINE-LIKE AMINO ACIDS; OLIGOTROPHIC LAKES; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; SPRING RAIN; STRATIFIED LAKES; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRANSIENT SITUATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; BLOOMS (METAL); CELL CULTURE; DISSOLUTION; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; AMINO ACID; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ENCYSTMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NICHE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PIGMENT; SHALLOW WATER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; YIELD RESPONSE;

ITALY; LAKE TOVEL; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 75849117356     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0013-5     Document Type: Article

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