Trophic interactions within the microbial food web in a tropical floodplain lake (Laguna Bufeos, Bolivia)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 85-96

  Rejas, Danny ^a,b   Muylaert, Koenraad ^c   De Meester, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Grazing; Microzooplankton; Nutrient; Recycling; Tropical lake

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PHOSPHORUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BOLIVIA; CILIATE; FLAGELLATE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BOLIVIA; CILIOPHORA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; MASTIGOPHORA; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 27644463011     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 00347744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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