The impact of metazooplankton on the structure of the microbial food web in a shallow, hypertrophic lake

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1047-1070

  Jürgens, Klaus ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CILIATE; CYCLOPS VICINUS; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENT; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIUM; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIUM; LAKE; METAZOOPLANKTON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOFLAGELLATE; PICOPLANKTON; PREDATION;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIONUS; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPIA; CYCLOPS; CYCLOPS VICINUS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIIDAE; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0342699571     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/22.6.1047     Document Type: Article

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