Growth rate consequences of coloniality in a harmful phytoplankter

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wilson, Alan E ^a   Kaul, RajReni B ^b   Sarnelle, Orlando ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONIAL SPECIES; DIGITAL IMAGING; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION GROWTH; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROCYSTIS;

ALGAE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

ECOLOGY; MICROCYSTIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 77952472976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008679     Document Type: Article

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