Response of a microbial food web to prolonged seasonal hypoxia in a boreal Lake

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-120

  Brek Laitinen, Grazyna ^a   Bellido, Jessica López ^a   Ojala, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Autotrophic picoplankton; Bacteria; Ciliates; Hypoxia; Nanoflagellates

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; HAPTORIDA; PROSTOMATIDA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84855649961     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00379     Document Type: Article

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