Impact of metazooplankton on the composition and population dynamics of planktonic ciliates in a shallow, hypertrophic lake

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-75

  Jürgens, Klaus ^a   Skibbe, Oliver ^b   Jeppesen, Erik ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Cladocerans; Copepods; Hypertrophic lake; Microbial food web; Predation; Rotifers; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HALTERIA GRANDINELLA; LAGYNOPHRYA; MONODINIUM; PROTOZOA; RIMOSTROMBIDIUM; RIMOSTROMBIDIUM BRACHYKINETUM; ROTIFERA; UROTRICHA;

EID: 0345643437     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame017061     Document Type: Article

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