Conspicuous peak of oligotrichous ciliates following winter stratification in a bog lake

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 353-363

  Macek, Miroslav ^a,c   Šimek, Karel ^a   Bittl, Thomas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELL DENSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; ICE; LAKE; MIXOTROPHY; MORTALITY; OXYCLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURFACE WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BOG; CILIATE; STRATIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OLIGOTRICHS; PELAGOSTROMBIDIUM; PELAGOSTROMBIDIUM MIRABILE; SCUTICOCILIATIA; STROMBIDIIDAE; UROTRICHA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0034987948     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/23.4.353     Document Type: Article

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