Responses of three freshwater planktonic ciliates with different feeding modes to cryptophyte and diatom prey

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-60

  Müller, Helga ^a   Schlegel, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balanion; Ciliate; Cryptophyte; Diatom; Feeding mode; Functional response; Histiobalantium; Numerical response; Selective feeding; Strobilidium

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BALANION; BALANION PLANCTONICUM; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS SP.; CRYPTOPHYTA; HISTIOBALANTIUM; HISTIOBALANTIUM BODAMICUM; OLIGOTRICHS; PROSTOMATEA; STEPHANODISCUS HANTZSCHII; STROBILIDIUM; STROBILIDIUM LACUSTRIS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0345211558     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame017049     Document Type: Article

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