Growth and grazing within the microbial food web of a large coastal embayment

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-50

  Safi, Karl A ^a   Vant, William N ^a   Hall, Julie A ^a  

^a Environment Waikato   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Dilution experiments; Grazing; Microzooplankton; Nanoflagellates

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037015317     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame029039     Document Type: Article

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