The selective advantage of buoyancy provided by gas vesicles for planktonic cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea

Observations were made on the vertical distribution of colonies of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae for 9 d at a drift-station east of Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea. The buoyant colonies were dispersed in the upper layers of the water column during periods of wind-induced mixing but floated up during ca...

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Publié dans:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 136(1997), 3 vom: 18. Juli, Seite 407-417
Auteur principal: Walsby, Anthony E (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Hayes, Paul K, Boje, Rolf, Stal, Lucas J
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 1997
Accès à la collection:The New phytologist
Sujets:Journal Article Aphanizomenon sp. Baltic Sea Phytoplankton buoyancy cyanobacteria gas vesicles