Picocyanobacterial community structure and space-time dynamics in the subalpine Lake Maggiore (N. Italy)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-103

  Callieri, Cristiana ^a   Caravati, Emanuele ^a   Corno, Gianluca ^a   Bertoni, Roberto ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

ARISA; Oligotrophic lake; OTU; Picocyanobacterial diversity; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NICHE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

LAKE MAGGIORE;

EID: 84865281153     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e9     Document Type: Article

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