Bacterial and phytoplankton responses to nutrient amendments in a boreal lake differ according to season and to taxonomic resolution.

Nutrient limitation and resource competition in bacterial and phytoplankton communities may appear different when considering different levels of taxonomic resolution. Nutrient amendment experiments conducted in a boreal lake on three occasions during one open water season revealed complex responses...

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Main Authors: Sari Peura, Alexander Eiler, Minna Hiltunen, Hannu Nykänen, Marja Tiirola, Roger I Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3371014?pdf=render