Particle handling during interception feeding by four species of heterotrophic nanoflagellates

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 350-358

  Boenigk, Jens ^a   Arndt, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterivory; Ecology; Food selectivity; Grazing; Optimal foraging; Protists

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE; GRAZING; INVAGINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAGELLATE; HANDLING TIME;

BODO; BODO SALTANS; CAFETERIA; CAFETERIA ROENBERGENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; PROTISTA; SPUMELLA;

EID: 0033880448     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00060.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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