The role of ciliates within the microbial food web in the eutrophicated part of Kaštela Bay(middle Adriatic Sea)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 431-442

  Bojanić, Natalia ^a   Šolić, Mladen ^a   Krstulović, Nada ^a   Šestanović, Stefanija ^a   Ninčević Gladan, Živana ^a   Marasović, Ivona ^a   Brautović, Igor ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Adriatic sea; Biotic factors; Ciliated protozoa; Microbial food web

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOTIC FACTOR; CILIATE; FOOD WEB; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33749322042     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70n3431     Document Type: Article

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