Predation of heterotrophic nanoflagellates on bacteria and their roles in the ecosystem

Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-59

  Fukami, Kimio ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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