Growth and grazing on Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus by two marine ciliates

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-61

  Christaki, Urania ^a,c   Jacquet, Stéphan ^b,c   Dolan, John R ^c   Vaulot, Daniel ^b,c   Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; STROMBIDIUM SULCATUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS; URONEMA;

EID: 0033058076     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.1.0052     Document Type: Article

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