Carnivory and active hunting by the planktonic testate amoeba Difflugia tuberspinifera

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 596, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 197-201

  Han, Bo Ping ^a   Wang, Tian ^a   Lin, Qiu Qi ^a   Dumont, Henri J ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Carnivory; Difflugia; Feeding; Lakes; Pelagic; South China; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PELAGIC LIFE; WATER COLUMN;

BIODIVERSITY;

CARNIVORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUNTING; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; PROTOZOAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; LIUXI RIVER;

COLLOTHECA MUTABILIS; DIFFLUGIA; DIFFLUGIA TUBERSPINIFERA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 37749053499     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9096-z     Document Type: Article

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