Responses of marine planktonic protists to amino acids: Feeding inhibition and swimming behavior in the ciliate Favella sp.

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-121

  Strom, Suzanne L ^a   Wolfe, Gordon V ^b   Bright, Kelley J ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Ciliate; Dinoflagellate; Ingestion; Signaling; Swimming behavior

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COXLIELLA; DINOPHYCEAE; FAVELLA; GYRODINIUM DOMINANS; HETEROCAPSA TRIQUETRA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 36849064728     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame047107     Document Type: Article

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