Grazing in the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina: Size selectivity and preference for calcified Emiliania huxleyi cells

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-313

  Hansen, Frank C ^a   Witte, Harry J ^a   Passarge, Jutta ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coccoliths; Food selection; Microphytoplankton; Prey size; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; MICROMONAS PUSILLA; NANNOCHLORIS; OXYRRHIS MARINA; PROTOZOA; RHODOMONAS SP.; TETRASELMIS; TETRASELMIS SUECICA;

EID: 0000506865     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame010307     Document Type: Article

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