Picocyanobacterial assemblages in ultraoligotrophic Andean lakes reveal high regional microdiversity

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-366

  Caravati, Emanuele ^a   Callieri, Cristiana ^a   Modenutti, Beatriz ^b   Corno, Gianluca ^a   Balseiro, Esteban ^b   Bertoni, Roberto ^a   Michaud, Luigi ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GLACIAL LAKE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PATAGONIA;

OTUS;

EID: 76649125187     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp126     Document Type: Article

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