Grazing of protozoa, bacteria, and diatoms by meiofauna in lotic epibenthic communities

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 499-513

  Bott, Thomas L ^a   Borchardt, Mark A ^b  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Bacteria; Food webs; Grazing rates; Meiofauna; Nutrient regeneration; Protozoa; Streams

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; MEIOFAUNA; STREAM BED;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033377443     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468382     Document Type: Article

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