Top-down control of benthic heterotrophic nanoflagellates by oligochaetes and microcrustaceans in a littoral freshwater habitat

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1840-1849

  Wieltschnig, Claudia ^a   Kirschner, Alexander K T ^a   Fischer, Ulrike R ^a   Velimirov, Branko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Freshwater sediment; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Microcrustaceans; Oligochaetes; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; FLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HETEROTROPHY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PROTISTA;

EID: 0141993480     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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