Structure, dynamics and control of the ciliate fauna in the potamoplankton of the River Rhine

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-307

  Scherwass, Anja ^a   Arndt, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic filter feeders; Ciliates; Food limitation; Microbial loop; River plankton

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOODING; FOOD LIMITATION; PLANKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER;

CILIOPHORA; CORBICULA; OLIGOTRICHS; PERITRICHIA;

EID: 28444434722     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0164-0287     Document Type: Article

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