Trophic coupling of a testate amoeba and Microcystis species in a hypertrophic pond

Limnology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-76

  Nishibe, Yuichiro ^a   Manage, Pathmalal M ^a   Kawabata, Zen'ichiro ^b   Nakano, Shin Ichi ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food vacuole contents; Grazing; Microcystis; Testate amoeba; Trophic linkage

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; GRAZING; POND; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS WESENBERGII; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 4544263539     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-004-0114-9     Document Type: Article

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