Planktonic oligotrich ciliates in the NW Mediterranean: Growth rates and consumption by copepods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 155, Issue , 1997, Pages 89-101

  Perez M T ^a   Dolan, J R ^a   Fukai, E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Mixotrophy; Predation; Strombidium

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; MIXOTROPHY; PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CILIATA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; OLIGOTRICHIA; OLIGOTRICHIDA; OLIGOTRICHS; STROMBIDIUM;

EID: 1842370874     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps155089     Document Type: Article

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