Light and electron microscopy of grazing by Poterioochromonas malhamensis (Chrysophyceae) on a range of phytoplankton taxa

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-46

  Zhang, Xiaoming ^a,b   Watanabe, Makoto M ^a   Inouye, Isao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell volume; Chrysophyceae; food vacuole; mixotrophy; phytoplankton; Poterioochromonas malhamensis; ratio of predator prey

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARTERIA INVERSA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; POTERIOOCHROMONAS MALHAMENSIS; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM; CHRYSOPHYTA;

GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0029661404     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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