Morphological response of Microcystis aeruginosa to grazing by different sorts of zooplankton

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 225-230

  Yang, Zhou ^a,b,c   Kong, Fanxiang ^a   Shi, Xiaoli ^a   Cao, Huansheng ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Colony formation; Flagellate; Grazing; Inducible defense; Microcystis aeruginosa; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; PROTOZOA; TOXIC MATERIALS;

COLONY FORMATION; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; INDUCIBLE DEFENSE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; ZOOPLANKTON;

MICROORGANISMS;

COLONY FOUNDING; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GRAZING PRESSURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXIN; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; EUDIAPTOMUS GRACILOIDES; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; OCHROMONAS; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33646697138     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0008-9     Document Type: Article

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