TABLE 1.

Frequency of intact bacteria and FVIC in different depth layers of Lake Plußsee

Layer	Depth (m)	% Intact cells	FVIC (%) as determined from examination of:		Whole-cell/thin-section ratio
			Thin sections	Whole cellsa
Epilimnion	1.0	70.8	1.53	1.30	0.850
Metalimnion	6.5	79.8	2.86	2.14	0.748
Hypolimnion	15.0	71.1	3.30	2.52	0.764

^aThe FVIC was not corrected for ghost cells (see text).