Control of microbial communities by the macrofauna: A sensitive interaction in the context of extreme summer temperatures?

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-124

  Viergutz, Carsten ^a   Kathol, Marcel ^a   Norf, Helge ^a   Arndt, Hartmut ^a   Weitere, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic filter feeders; Gobal warming; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Rivers; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOFILM; BIVALVE; CLIMATE MODELING; FLAGELLATE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; METAZOAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAGELLATE; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BIVALVIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; MASTIGOPHORA; RIVERS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

CILIOPHORA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA;

EID: 33846599384     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0544-7     Document Type: Article

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