Seasonal dynamics, composition and feeding patterns of ciliate assemblages in oligotrophic lakes covering a wide pH range

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-287

  Macek, Miroslav ^a,b   Callieri, Cristiana ^c   Šimek, Karel ^a   Vázquez, Alfonso Lugo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CNR Institute of Ecosystem Study   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidified lakes; Gymnosotmes; Mixotrophy; Mountain lakes; Oligotrichs; Peritrichs; Prostomes; Scuticociliates; Timberline; Tropical high altitude lake

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALTITUDE; CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LAKE; MIXOTROPHY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTLAND; SLOVAKIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ASKENASIA; CILIOPHORA; HOLOPHRYA; LIMNOSTROMBIDIUM; MESODINIUM; OLIGOTRICHS; PELAGOSTROMBIDIUM; PERITRICHIA (CILIATES); PRORODON; PROSTOMATEA; SCUTICOCILIATIA; UROTRICHA;

EID: 33746012253     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0261     Document Type: Article

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