Uptake of sub-micrometre- and micrometre-sized detrital particles by bacterivorous and omnivorous ciliates

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-53

  Posch, Thomas ^a,b   Arndt, Hartmut ^a,c  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Detritivory; Detritus; Feeding; Protozoa; Sub micrometre particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030064832     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame010045     Document Type: Article

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