Food selectivity and feeding behaviour in omnivorous filter-feeding ciliates: A case study for Stylonychia

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 446-457

  Pfister, G ^a   Arndt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Food quality; Grazing; Live staining; Microbial web; Omnivory

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS; STYLONYCHIA; STYLONYCHIA MYTILUS;

EID: 0032495141     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(98)80013-8     Document Type: Article

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