Hidden diversity of eukaryotic plankton in the soda lake Nakuru, Kenya, during a phase of low salinity revealed by a SSU rRNA gene clone library

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 702, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-103

  Luo, Wei ^a   Kotut, Kiplagat ^b   Krienitz, Lothar ^c  

^a POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

Chlorophyta; Clone library; Lake Nakuru; Lesser Flamingo; Phytoflagellates; Soda lakes; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GREEN ALGA; HYDROBIOLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KENYA; LAKE NAKURU; RIFT VALLEY;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROSPIRA FUSIFORMIS; CHLOROPHYTA; COCCOIDEA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; JAKOBIDAE; METAZOA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 84871512223     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1310-y     Document Type: Article

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