Role of diatom-attached choanoflagellates of the genus Salpingoeca as pelagic bacterivores

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-269

  Šimek, Karel ^a,b   Jezbera, Jan ^a,b   Horňák, Karel ^a,b   Vrba, Jaroslav ^a,b   Sed'a, Jaromír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Choanoflagellates; Ciliates; Grazing induced mortality; Microbial food webs; Protistan bacterivory; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASTERIORIELLA FORMOSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CILIOPHORA; FRAGILARIA; FRAGILARIA CROTONENSIS; PROTISTA; SALPINGOECA; SALPINGOECA AMPHORIDIUM;

EID: 6344249161     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame036257     Document Type: Article

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