Heterotrophic protists as a trophic link between picocyanobacteria and the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera in the Takapoto lagoon (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-226

  Loret, Pascale ^a   Le Gall, Solange ^a   Dupuy, Christine ^a   Blanchot, Jean ^a   Pastoureaud, Annie ^a   Delesalle, Bruno ^a   Caisey, Xavier ^a   Jonquières, Gérard ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atoll lagoon; Pearl oysters; Picoplankton; Pinctada margaritifera; Protists; Trophic resource

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; MARGARITIFERA; MICROBIOTA; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; PINCTADA MARGARITIFERA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0034718703     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame022215     Document Type: Article

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