Mixotrophic ciliates in an Andean lake: Dependence on light and prey of an Ophrydium naumanni population

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-128

  Modenutti, Beatriz E ^a   Balseiro, Esteban G ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Light availability; Mixotrophy; Ophrydium naumanni; Particle uptake; Planktonic ciliates; Ultraoligotrophic lake

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIXOTROPHY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ARGENTINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; OPHRYDIUM;

EID: 0036145497     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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