Complex interactions in microbial food webs: Stoichiometric and functional approaches

Limnetica

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 189-204

  Carrillo, Presentación ^a   Medina Sánchez, Juan Manuel ^b   Villar Argaiz, Manuel ^b   Delgado Molina, José Antonio ^b   Bullejos, Francisco José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; High mountain lakes; Microbial loop; Nutrient limitation; Stoichiometry; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; STOICHIOMETRY;

CRATER LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALANOIDA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 33747100711     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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