Short-term variations in the abundance and cell volume of bacterioplankton in an artificial tropical lake
Résumé
Circadian and spatial fluctuations in bacterioplankton abundance and cell volume were examined, for the first time, in the Municipal Lake located in the down town area of Yaoundé (Capital of Cameroon, Central Africa, ca 3 520 N, 11 310 E). Bacterial cell volumes (range, 0.05 to 0.2 m3) were consistent with those reported for other aquatic systems while bacterial densities (0.8 to 2 108 cells ml