Water discharge-regulated bacteria-heterotrophic nanoflagellate (HNF) interactions in the water column of the River Rhine

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-29

  Weitere, M ^a,b   Arndt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

GERMANY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; EATING; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; EATING; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0036632134     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-2010-3     Document Type: Article

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