Zooplankton feeding on algae and bacteria under ice in Lake Druzhby, East Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1195-1202

  Säwström, Christin ^a,d   Karlsson, Jan ^a   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^b   Granéli, Wilhelm ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Antarctic lake; Bacteria; Feeding rates; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRAZING; ICE; ICE ALGA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIOPSIS STUDERI;

EID: 70349857920     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0619-0     Document Type: Article

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