Importance of pigmented and colourless nano-sized protists as grazers on nanoplankton in a phosphate-depleted Norwegian fjord and in enclosures

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-151

  Havskum, Harry ^a   Hansen, Anja Skjoldborg ^a  

^a Intl Agency for 14C Determination   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ciliates; Flagellates; Grazing; Marine brackish plankton; Microbial food web; Mixotrophy; Phagotrophic protists; Pigmented organisms

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

EID: 0001473229     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012139     Document Type: Article

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