Production of dissolved organic matter by phytoplankton and its uptake by heterotrophic prokaryotes in large tropical lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1364-1375

  Morana, Cedric ^a   Sarmento, Hugo ^b,c   Descy, Jean Pierre ^d   Gasol, Josep M ^c   Borges, Alberto V ^e   Bouillon, Steven ^a   Darchambeau, François ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROKARYOTE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE KIVU;

EID: 84903398885     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.4.1364     Document Type: Article

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