Polyphasic evaluation of Aphanizomenon issatschenkoi and Raphidiopsis mediterranea in a Mediterranean lake

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 927-936

  Moustaka Gouni, Maria ^a   Kormas, Konstantinos A R ^b   Polykarpou, Polina ^a,d   Gkelis, Spyros ^a   Bobori, Dimitra C ^a   Vardaka, Elisabeth ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d Water Development Department   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive modes; Aphanizomenon issatschenkoi; Cyanobacterial bloom; Polyphasic taxonomy; Raphidiopsis mediterranea

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CORRELATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIFESTYLE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

DOIRANI LAKE;

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON ISSATSCHENKOI; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; RAPHIDIOPSIS MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 78650890035     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq019     Document Type: Article

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