Selective consumption and metabolic allocation of terrestrial and algal carbon determine allochthony in lake bacteria

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1373-1382

  Guillemette, François ^a   Leigh Mccallister, S ^b   Del Giorgio, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALLOCHTHONY; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; RESOURCE USE; RESPIRATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANKTON; QUEBEC; STRAMENOPILE;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; FRESH WATER; LAKES; OXYGEN; PLANKTON; QUEBEC; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 84949604165     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.215     Document Type: Article

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