The cyanobacterium Gloeotrichia echinulata stimulates the growth of other phytoplankton

• We tested the effect of the cyanobacterium Gloeotrichia echinulata on a diverse array of phytoplankton. We found that Gloeotrichia increased the growth rates of five of seven phytoplankton species up to 620% in comparison with a medium-only control after 96 h.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

facilitation

eutrophication

allelochemicals

cyanobacterial bloom

stimulatory allelopathy

Publication and Content Type

art (subject category)

ref (subject category)