Effects of deposit-feeding macrofauna on benthic bacteria, viruses, and protozoa in a silty freshwater sediment

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Wieltschnig, Claudia ^a   Fischer, Ulrike R ^a   Velimirov, Branko ^a   Kirschner, Alexander K T ^b  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER; LEUCINE; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PROTOZOON; SEDIMENT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEUCINE; OLIGOCHAETA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTOZOA; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; VIRUSES;

ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CILIOPHORA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PROTOZOA;

EID: 44849108034     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9318-y     Document Type: Article

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