Advantages of the division of labour for the long-term population dynamics of cyanobacteria at different latitudes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1742, 2012, Pages 3457-3466

  Rossetti, Valentina ^a   Bagheri, Homayoun C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterial evolution; Circadian rhythm; Nitrogen fixation; Photosynthesis; Terminal differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; LABOR DIVISION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84864374123     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0755     Document Type: Article

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