Utilization of substitutable carbon and phosphorus sources by the mixotrophic chrysophyte Ochromonas SP

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 706-715

  Rothhaupt, Karl O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial ingestion; Carbon metabolism; Chlorophyll; Chrysophyte; Functional response; Mixotrophic flagellate; Numerical response; Nutrient release; Nutrient uptake; Ochromonas; Phagotrophic nutrition; Phototrophic nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000947659     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265495     Document Type: Article

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