Active flagellates grazing on prokaryotes in high salinity waters of a solar saltern

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-179

  Park, Jong S ^a   Kim, Heejung ^a   Choi, Dong H ^a   Cho, Byung C ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crystallizer; Grazing; Heterotrophic nanoflagellate; High salinity waters; Solar saltern

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0242491573     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame033173     Document Type: Article

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