Representative monitoring of the calcifying alga Phacotus lenticularis (Chlamydophyceae) in lentic ecosystems

The biogenic carbonate precipitation by the freshwater alga Phacotus lenticularis may play a role in long-term carbon (C) fixation that has not yet been quantified. This is partly due to the absence of a standardised methodology to representatively sample and assess the cell density and sedimentatio...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Lenz, Uta Raeder, Juergen Geist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
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Online Access:https://jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/1946