Heterotrophic nanoflagellate and ciliate bacterivorous activity and growth in the northeast Atlantic Ocean: A seasonal mesoscale study

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-181

  Karayanni, Hera ^a,b,c   Christaki, Urania ^b,d   Van Wambeke, France ^a   Thyssen, Melilotus ^a   Denis, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Bacterivory; Ciliates; Growth rates; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Ingestion rates; Tintinnids

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; TINTINNIDA; TINTINNUS;

EID: 46949108616     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01181     Document Type: Article

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