Cascading predation effects of Daphnia and copepods on microbial food web components

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2174-2193

  Zöllner, Eckart ^a   Santer, Barbara ^a   Boersma, Maarten ^c   Hoppe, Hans Georg ^b   Jürgens, Klaus ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Mesozooplankton; Protists; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PROSTOMATIDA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0347622431     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2426.2003.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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