Effects of temperature on growth rate and gross growth efficiency of an Antarctic bacterivorous protist

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-260

  Rose, Julie M ^a,b   Vora, Neil M ^a,c   Countway, Peter D ^a   Gast, Rebecca J ^b   Caron, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic protist; Bacterivory; Gross growth efficiency; Growth rate; Heterotrophic protist; Temperature

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHRYSOPHYTA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE, GOLDEN-BROWN; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

PARAPHYSOMONAS; PARAPHYSOMONAS IMPERFORATA; PROTISTA;

EID: 58549100236     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.96     Document Type: Article

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