Growth and consumption rates of bacterivorous Antarctic naked marine amoebae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 101-108

  Mayes, Daniela F ^a   Rogerson, Andrew ^b   Marchant, Harvey ^c   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding; Generation times; Growth efficiencies; Gymnamoebae; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

AMOEBAE; BACTERIA; ENERGETICS; FEEDING RATE; GROWTH;

ANTARCTICA;

MAYORELLA; METACHAOS; PLATYAMOEBA AUSTRALIS; VANNELLA;

EID: 0031573833     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps160101     Document Type: Article

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