Are bacteria an important food source for rotifers in eutrophic lakes?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1125-1141

  Ooms Wilms, Anja L ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b Province of North Holland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EUTROPHIC LAKE; FOOD SOURCE; ROTIFER;

LAKE LOOSDRECHT; NETHERLANDS;

ANURAEOPSIS FISSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIONUS ANGULARIS; CONOCHILUS UNICORNIS; FILINIA LONGISETA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; POMPHOLYX; POMPHOLYX SULCATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0030772011     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.8.1125     Document Type: Article

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