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The relationship between planktonic algae and bacteria in a small lake

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The seasonal changes and vertical distribution of the aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in a small edaphically eutrophic lake which exhibited thermal and chemical stratification are described. There was some correspondence between the phytoplankton and particularly the aerobic bacteria but this was not consistent. Increases in the numbers of anaerobic bacteria coincided with the low dissolved oxygen concentrations in the hypolimnion when algal populations were first senescent and then increasing actively in size.

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Hickman, M., Penn, I.D. The relationship between planktonic algae and bacteria in a small lake. Hydrobiologia 52, 213–219 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036445

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