Trophic upgrading of autotrophic picoplankton by the heterotrophic nanoflagellate Paraphysomonas sp.

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1699-1707

  Bec, Alexandre ^a,b   Martin Creuzburg, Dominik ^a,c   Von Elert, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DETOXIFICATION; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH; LIPID; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PICOPLANKTON; PROTIST; REPRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHORICYSTIS MINOR; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PARAPHYSOMONAS; PROTISTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33746891234     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.4.1699     Document Type: Article

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