Ecological role and bacterial grazing of Halteria spp.: Small freshwater oligotrichs as dominant pelagic ciliate bacterivores

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-56

  Šimek, Karel ^a   Jürgens, Klaus ^a   Nedoma, Jiří ^a   Comerma, Marta ^a   Armengol, Joan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ciliate bacterivory; Feeding ecology; Feeding rates; Halteria cf. grandinella; Lakes; Oligotrichous ciliates; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; HALTERIA; HALTERIA GRANDINELLA; OLIGOTRICHS; PERITRICHIA; PROTISTA; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 0034697946     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame022043     Document Type: Article

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