Strong vertical differences in the plankton composition of an extremely acidic lake

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-306

  Kamjunke, Norbert ^a   Gaedke, Ursula ^a   Tittel, Jörg ^a,b   Weithoff, Guntram ^a   Bell, Elanor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Extreme habitat; Low diversity; Microbial food web; Mixotrophs

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALODELLA; CEPHALODELLA HOODI; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CILIOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; ELOSA; HELIOZOA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; RHIZOPODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 9644275248     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0161-0289     Document Type: Article

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