Role of TEP in the microbial food web structure. I. Grazing behavior of a bacterivorous pelagic ciliate

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 279, Issue , 2004, Pages 13-22

  Mari, Xavier ^a,b   Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Fluorescent microspheres; Food selection; Food size spectra; Grazing; Strombidium sulcatum; Transparent exopolymeric particles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIVORY; CILIATE; EXOPOLYMER; FOOD SELECTION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CILIOPHORA; STROMBIDIUM; STROMBIDIUM SULCATUM;

EID: 7044274472     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps279013     Document Type: Article

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