Patchiness in the Distribution of Planktonic Heterotrophic Bacteria in Lakes
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 31 (6), 1003-1005
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.31.6.1003-1005.1976
Abstract
By using conventional dilution plating procedures, the heterotrophic planktonic bacteria in Lake Washington were found to be distributed in small-scale (1 m in horizontal distance) patches. Recommendations are made on sampling and enumeration procedures to minimize the effect of patchiness on obtaining an accurate estimate of bacterial numbers.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Detritus in Lake Tahoe: Structural Modification by Attached MicrofloraScience, 1973
- Contemporaneous Disequilibrium, a New Hypothesis to Explain the „Paradox of the Plankton”Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1970
- Studies on Freshwater Bacteria: Effect of Medium Composition and Method on Estimates of Bacterial PopulationJournal of Applied Bacteriology, 1970