This paper considers the structure of freshwater phytoplankton assemblages and promotes
a scheme of 'vegetation recognition', based upon the functional associations of species …

Since its publication, the article 'Towards a functional classification of the freshwater
phytoplankton'(Reynolds et al., J Plankton Res 24: 417–428, 2002), has attracted the …

Autotrophic picoplankton (APP) are distributed worldwide and are ubiquitous in all types of
lakes of varying trophic state. APP are major players in carbon production in all aquatic …

About 40 years have passed since the discovery of picophytoplankton; the present
knowledge of the taxonomy physiology and ecology of these tiny photoautotrophic cells …

Small unicellular algae in the size range of picoplankton (0.2-2.0/-Lm; Sieburth et al., 1978)
are ubiquitous components of pelagic ecosystems. They contribute substantially to both …

Studies on the picocyanobacteria, the major non-bloom forming group in lakes, have
increased markedly in the past two decades. These cyanobacteria fall into two major groups …

Picocyanobacterial abundance and their contribution to the total phytoplankton biomass,
estimated as chlorophyll a, was investigated in 32 deep and shallow lakes. The lake series …

Late summer phytoplankton associations were studied qualitatively and quantitatively in 80
Hungarian lakes altogether (mostly shallow salt lakes, reservoirs, oxbows, gravel pit lakes) …

A brief overview of the state-of-the-art of freshwater autotrophic picoplankton (APP) is given
as an introduction to this special issue of Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie …

Small, coccoid and rod-shaped Synechococcus-type cyanobacteria with either
phycoerythrin or phycocyanin as major accessory pigments were isolated from several …