Protozoan growth rates in Antarctic lakes

Polar Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 445-451

  Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^a   Bell, Elanor M ^a,b,c   Roberts, Emily C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CILIATE; CRYPTOPHYTE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD RESOURCE; FRESH WATER; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; LAKE; MESODINIUM RUBRUM; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NANOFLAGELLATE; PLAGIOCAMPA; PROTOZOON; TEMPERATURE;

FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PROTOZOA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; MESODINIUM RUBRUM; PLAGIOCAMPA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033946688     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003009900103     Document Type: Article

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