Nutrient turnover by freshwater bacterivorous flagellates: Differences between a heterotrophic and a mixotrophic chrysophyte

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-70

  Rothhaupt, Karl O ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterivory; Chrysophyte; Heterotrophic flagellate; Laboratory experiment; Mixotrophic flagellate; Nutrient release; Nutrient uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001916653     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012065     Document Type: Article

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