Utilisation of seaweed carbon by three surface-associated heterotrophic protists, Stereomyxa ramosa, Nitzschia alba and Labyrinthula sp.

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-57

  Armstrong, Evelyn ^a   Rogerson, Andrew ^a   Leftley, John W ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Heterotroph; Protist; Seaweed; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LABYRINTHULA; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; PROTISTA; STEREOMYXA; STEREOMYXA RAMOSA;

EID: 0034695990     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame021049     Document Type: Article

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