Feeding by the small calanoid copepod Paracalanus sp. on heterotrophic dinoflagellates and ciliates

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-103

  Suzuki, Kentaro ^a,c   Nakamura, Yasuo ^b   Hiromi, Juro ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c Shin Nippon Meteorol O   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Copepod; Heterotrophic dinoflagellate; Paracalanus; Predation

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; PARACALANUS;

EID: 0033058035     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame017099     Document Type: Article

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