Motile chemosensory behaviour of phagotrophic protists: Mechanisms for and efficiency in congregating at food patches

Protist

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-336

  Fenchel, Tom ^a   Blackburn, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

EID: 0033213045     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70033-7     Document Type: Article

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