Growth and grazing rates of the tintinnid ciliate Favella taraikaensis on the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 989-997

  Kamiyama, Takashi ^a   Tsujino, Mutsumi ^b   Matsuyama, Yukihiko ^b   Uchida, Takuji ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; FEEDING; GRAZING; GROWTH; INGESTION RATE;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; FAVELLA; FAVELLA TARAIKAENSIS; HETEROCAPSA TRIQUETRA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 27744464305     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-1629-2     Document Type: Article

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