Bacterivory by heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacterial production in sediments of a freshwater littoral system

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-69

  Starink, Mathieu ^a   Bär Gilissen, Marie José ^a   Bak, Rolf P M ^b   Cappenberg, Thomas E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030064889     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.1.0062     Document Type: Article

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