Predator-induced changes of bacterial size-structure and productivity studied on an experimental microbial community

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-246

  Posch, Thomas ^a   Šimek, Karel ^b   Vrba, Jaroslav ^b   Pernthaler, Jakob ^c   Nedoma, Jiří ^b   Sattler, Birgit ^a   Sonntag, Bettina ^a   Psenner, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth and size structure; Bodo saltans; Continuous flow systems; Cyclidium glaucoma; Grazing resistance; Image analysis; Ochromonas sp.

Indexed keywords

CYCLIDIUM GLAUCOMA; OCHROMONAS; RHODOMONAS;

EID: 0033588278     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame018235     Document Type: Article

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