Bacterial and phytoplankton responses to nutrient amendments in a Boreal lake differ according to season and to taxonomic resolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Peura, Sari ^a   Eiler, Alexander ^b   Hiltunen, Minna ^c   Nykänen, Hannu ^a   Tiirola, Marja ^a   Jones, Roger I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PYROSEQUENCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPRING; TAXON; CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ACTINOBACTERIA; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84862027767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038552     Document Type: Article

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