Predator-prey eddy in heterotrophic nanoflagellate-bacteria relationships in a coastal marine environment: A new scheme for predator-prey associations

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Tanaka, Tsuneo ^a   Fujita, Naoji ^a   Taniguchi, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Marine bacteria; Predator prey eddy; Seasonal and short term variations

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0000146592     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame013249     Document Type: Article

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