Particle Availability Controls Agglutination in Pelagic Tintinnids in the Southern Ocean

Protist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-250

  Henjes, Joachim ^a   Assmy, Philipp ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

agglutination; broken diatom frustules; coccoliths; Southern Ocean; Stenosemella spp.; tintinnids

Indexed keywords

IRON; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL ADHESION; CILIATE; FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CILIOPHORA; FERTILIZATION; IRON; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; STENOSEMELLA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 40949103152     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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