Distribution of picophytoplankton communities from brackish to hypersaline waters in a South Australian coastal lagoon

Saline Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Schapira, Mathilde ^a,b   Buscot, Marie Jeanne ^a   Pollet, Thomas ^c   Leterme, Sophie C ^a,d   Seuront, Laurent ^a,d,e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; AUTOTROPHY; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GRAZING; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LAGOON; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 77951158196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1448-6-2     Document Type: Article

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