Pigmented nanoflagellates grazing on Synechococcus: Seasonal variations and effect of flagellate size in the coastal ecosystem of subtropical western pacific

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 548-557

  Chan, Ya Fan ^a   Tsai, An Yi ^a   Chiang, Kuo Ping ^a   Hsieh, Chih hao ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAGELLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MASTIGOPHORA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 70350194774     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9569-x     Document Type: Article

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