Chemically mediated competition between microbes and animals: Microbes as consumers in food webs

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2821-2831

  Burkepile, Deron E ^a,c   Parker, John D ^a,d   Woodson, C Brock ^b,e   Mills, Heath J ^a,f   Kubanek, Julia ^a   Sobecky, Patricia A ^a   Hay, Mark E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carrion; Chemical ecology; Competition; Detritus; Energy subsidy; Food web; Intraguild predation; Microbes; Scavengers; Trophic

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ETHER; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FOOD WEB; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPOD; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ETHER, ETHYL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPODA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MENIPPE MERCENARIA;

EID: 33845453617     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2821:CMCBMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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