Effects of metazoan predators on ciliates in freshwater plankton communities

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-199

  Jack, Jeffrey D ^a   Gilbert, John J ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearance rates; Growth rates; Predation; Species structure; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; METAZOA;

CILIATES; CLEARANCE RATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; PLANKTON COMMUNITY; PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0030613471     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05699.x     Document Type: Article

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