Can freshwater planktonic ciliates survive on a diet of picoplankton?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 597-613

  Šimek, Karel ^a   Macek, Miroslav ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^b   Straškrabovǎ, Věra ^a   Psenner, Roland ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; PICOPLANKTON;

AUSTRIA, TYROL, PIBURGER SEE; CZECH REPUBLIC, BOHEMIA, RIMOV RESERVOIR;

BALANION; CINETOCHILUM MARGARITACEUM; COLEPS; CYCLIDIUM; CYRTOLOPHOSIS MUCICOLA; PELAGOSTROMBIDIUM FALLAX; UROTRICHA;

EID: 0029662456     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.4.597     Document Type: Article

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