Effects of resource supplements on mature ciliate biofilms: An empirical test using a new type of flow cell

Biofouling

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 769-778

  Norf, Helge ^a   Arndt, Hartmut ^a   Weitere, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epibenthic ciliates; Field communities; Periphyton; Predator prey dynamics; Running waters; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CILIATE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; METAZOAN; PERIPHYTON; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CILIATE; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CILIOPHORA; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA;

EID: 70449450659     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010903174581     Document Type: Article

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