Combined stress effect of pH and temperature narrows the niche width of flagellates in acid mining lakes

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1023-1032

  Moser, Michael ^a   Weisse, Thomas ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

acid mining lakes; Chlamydomonas acidophila; Ochromonas sp.; pH response; temperature response

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLATE; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE BREADTH; PH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; POTERIOOCHROMONAS MALHAMENSIS;

EID: 79959313440     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr014     Document Type: Article

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