“…Their bacterial floras also showed the highest diversity during October and November, when suspended particles such as dead organisms and detritus seemed to increase with decreasing algal biomass. SIMIDU et al (1971SIMIDU et al ( , 1977, RAMSAY (1977), SOCHARD et al (1979), MATSUDA (1974), andTANAKA et al (1980) evidenced clear differences in the bacterial floras developed on different kinds of suspended particles, such as phytoplankton, zooplankton, particulate detritus, and particulate inorganic matter, in natural aquatic environments. FU-KAMI et al (1981), KOGURE et al (1982), and reported that the particle-associated bacterial flora fluctuated during the decomposition process of phytoplankton cells or detritus particles under experimental conditions.…”