Photosynthetic characteristics and physiological plasticity of an Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (Cyanobacteria, Nostocaceae) winter bloom in a deep oligo-mesotrophic lake (Lake Stechlin, Germany)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 698, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 263-272

  Üveges, Viktória ^a   Tapolczai, Kálmán ^a   Krienitz, Lothar ^b   Padisák, Judit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon flos aquae; Cyanobacterial bloom; Ice cover; Oligo mesotrophic Lake Stechlin; P I and P T characteristics; Physiological plasticity; Winter

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; ICE COVER; IRRADIANCE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE;

BRANDENBURG [GERMANY]; GERMANY; STECHLINSEE;

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOCACEAE;

EID: 84867005264     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1103-3     Document Type: Article

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