Rehabilitating the cyanobacteria - niche partitioning, resource use efficiency and phytoplankton community structure during diazotrophic cyanobacterial blooms

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1153-1164

  Olli, Kalle ^a   Klais, Riina ^a   Tamminen, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nodularia; Aphanizomenon; Aquatic plant ecology; Baltic Sea; Community assembly; Functional diversity; Nitrogen fixation; Nutrient limitation; Phylogenetic diversity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGENERATION; RESOURCE USE; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 84939562082     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12437     Document Type: Article

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