Effect of ciliates on nitrification and nitrifying bacteria in Baltic Sea sediments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 350, Issue , 2007, Pages 55-61

  Prast, Mario ^a   Bischoff, Adrian A ^b   Waller, Uwe ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^c   Berninger, Ulrike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ciliates; FISH; Nitrification; Nitrification slurry assay; Nitrifying bacteria; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; CILIATE; FOOD WEB; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ORGANIC MATTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA;

EID: 37849034354     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07143     Document Type: Article

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