Microbial food webs in the dark: Independence of lake plankton from recent algal production

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-123

  Daniel, Cesar ^a   Gutseit, Kelly ^a   Anesio, Alexandre M ^b   Granéli, Wilhelm ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dissolved organic matter; DOM; Lake; Microbial food web; Terrestrial carbon; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844330774     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame038113     Document Type: Article

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