The effect of small zooplankton on the microbial loop and edible algae during a cyanobacterial bloom

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1807-1819

  Ventelä, Anne Mari ^a   Wiackowski, Krzysztof ^b   Moilanen, Marianne ^c   Saarikari, Vesa ^c   Vuorio, Kristiina ^c   Sarvala, Jouko ^c  

^a Pyhäjärvi Protection Fund ^*  (Finland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chydorus; Ciliates; Cyanobacterial bloom; Microbial loop; Small bodied zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROORGANISM; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHYDORUS; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; CILIOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0036793519     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00924.x     Document Type: Article

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