Trophic coupling in the microbial food web of a eutrophic shallow lake (Lake Visvijver, Belgium)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-324

  Muylaert, Koenraad ^a,b   Zhao, Lu ^a,c   Van Der Gucht, Katleen ^a   Cousin, Sylvie ^a   Declerck, Steven ^a,c   Vyverman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ciliates; Cyclopoid copepod nauplii; Daphnia; HNF; Microbial food web; Omnivory; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CILIATE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; FRACTIONATION; GRAZING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SHALLOW WATER; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 33748155817     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0307     Document Type: Article

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