Feeding mechanism, prey specificity and growth in light and dark of the plastidic dinoflagellate Karlodinium armiger

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-288

  Berge, Terje ^a   Hansen, Per Juel ^a   Moestrup, Øjvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate; Feeding tube; Food uptake mechanism; Mixotrophy; Prey specificity

Indexed keywords

ARMIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; KARLODINIUM; PROTISTA; RHODOMONAS (CRYPTOPHYTA);

EID: 42549094010     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01165     Document Type: Article

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