Spectacular abundance of ciliates in anoxic pond water: Contribution of symbiont photosynthesis to host respiratory oxygen requirements

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-235

  Finlay, B J ^a   Maberly, S C ^a   Esteban, G F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Chlorella; Ciliate protozoa; Euplotes daidaleos; Halteria viridis; Photosynthetic symbionts

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CILIATE; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES DAIDALEOS; HALTERIA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; CHLORELLA; CILIATA;

ALGAE; ANOXIA; OXYGEN REQUIREMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOA; SYMBIONT;

EID: 0030201248     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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