Direct and indirect impact of two common rotifer species (Keratella spp.) on two abundant ciliate species (Urotricha furcata, Balanion planctonicum)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-64

  Weisse, Thomas ^a,b   Frahm, Angela ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Competition; Feeding; Plankton; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DIETARY OVERLAP; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOMONAS; KERATELLA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; KERATELLA QUADRATA; LUEHEIA; PROSTOMATIDA; ROTIFERA; UROTRICHA;

EID: 0036145601     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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