Control of epibenthic ciliate communities by grazers and nutrients

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-162

  Wickham, Stephen A ^a,c   Nagel, Simone ^a   Hillebrand, Helmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benthic; Bottom up; Ciliate; Diversity; Top down

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CILIOPHORA; GASTROPODA; HETEROTRICHIDA; ISOPODA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 4243165745     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame035153     Document Type: Article

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