Rapid Daphnia-mediated changes in microbial community structure: An experimental study

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-149

  Degans, Hanne ^a   Zöllner, Eckart ^b   Van Der Gucht, Katleen ^c   De Meester, Luc ^a   Jürgens, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Daphnia grazing; DGGE; Morphotype

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; FLAGELLATE; METAZOON; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036804440     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00326-4     Document Type: Article

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