Influence of phagotrophic protistan bacterivory in determining the fate of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in a wetland microbial food web

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-162

  Johnson, M D ^a,b   Ward, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIVORY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOFLAGELLATE; POND;

NYMPHAEA ODORATA; NYMPHAEACEAE;

EID: 0030613337     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900017     Document Type: Article

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