A seasonal study of the carbon content of planktonic naked amoebae in the Hudson Estuary and in a productive freshwater pond with comparative data for ciliates

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 388-391

  Anderson, O Roger ^a  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoeba carbon content; Amoeba ecology; Ciliate carbon content; Microbial ecology; Microbial food webs

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; CARBON; CILIATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL LOOP; POND;

AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

AMOEBIDA; ANIMALS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 34547445522     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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