Regulation of planktonic ciliate dynamics and functional composition during spring in Lake Constance

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-100

  Tirok, Katrin ^a   Gaedke, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deep lake; Edible algae; Plankton spring succession; Predator prey relationship; Species shift

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DAPHNIIDAE; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 42149121396     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01127     Document Type: Article

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