Effects of enrichment on protist abundances and bacterial composition in simple microbial communities

Oikos

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-26

  Liess, Antonia ^a   Diehl, Sebastian ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CILIATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OMNIVORY; PROTIST; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLEPHARISMA; BLEPHARISMA SP.; CILIOPHORA; COLPIDIUM; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA SP.;

EID: 33746925604     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14516.x     Document Type: Article

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