Impact of internal waves on the spatial distribution of Planktothrix rubescens (cyanobacteria) in an alpine lake

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 580-589

  Cuypers, Yannis ^a,b   Vinçon Leite, Brigitte ^a   Groleau, Alexis ^c   Tassin, Bruno ^a   Humbert, Jean François ^d,e  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^e UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; physical modeling; Plankthotrix rubescens; seiches; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; INTERNAL WAVE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEICHE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER FLOW;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BOURGET LAKE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOIE;

CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS;

EID: 79953027300     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.154     Document Type: Article

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