Bacterivorous grazers facilitate organic matter decomposition: A stoichiometric modeling approach

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-179

  Wang, Hao ^a   Jiang, Lin ^a   Weitz, Joshua S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Grazers; Nutrient recycling; Organic matter decomposition; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIVORY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTIST; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; GRAZING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RECYCLING; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROTOZOA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 67650502391     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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