Niche separation in common prostome freshwater ciliates: The effect of food and temperature

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-179

  Weisse, Thomas ^a   Karstens, Nicole ^a   Meyer, Volker C L ^a   Janke, Lore ^a   Lettner, Sabine ^a   Teichgräber, Kathrin ^a  

^a Inst Limnol Austrian Acad Sci   (Austria)

Author keywords

Balanion spp.; Ciliates; Clonal differences; Growth; Ingestion rate; Urotricha spp.

Indexed keywords

BALANION COMATUM; BALANION PLANCTONICUM; CASTALIA; CILIOPHORA; LUEHEIA; UROTRICHA; UROTRICHA CASTALIA; UROTRICHA FARCTA; UROTRICHA FURCATA;

EID: 0035814247     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame026167     Document Type: Article

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