Trophic transfer of Fe, Zn and Am from marine bacteria to a planktonic ciliate

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 384, Issue , 2009, Pages 61-68

  Vogel, Catherine ^a   Fisher, Nicholas S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; Heterotrophic bacteria; Metal cycling; Metals; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CILIATE; IRON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANKTON; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; METAZOA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; URONEMA (CILIATA); VIBRIO; VIBRIO NATRIEGENS;

EID: 67651091397     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08023     Document Type: Article

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