On the strategy of "eating your competitor": A mathematical analysis of algal mixotrophy

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2108-2118

  Frede Thingstad, T ^a   Havskum, Harry ^b   Garde, Kristine ^b   Riemann, B O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Intl Agency for 14C Determination   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competition predation theory; Microbial food webs; Mixotrophy; Phagotrophy; Photoautotrophy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; FOOD WEB; MIXOTROPHY; PREY ABUNDANCE;

EID: 0030427091     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265705     Document Type: Article

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