Top-down effects on pelagic heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) in a large river (River Rhine): Do losses to the benthos play a role?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1437-1450

  Weitere, Markus ^a,b   Arndt, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Large river; Pelagic flagellates; Potamoplankton; Protozoans; Water discharge

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; FLAGELLATE; GROWTH RATE; PREDATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

GERMANY;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0036049688     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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