Coexistence of mixotrophs, autotrophs, and heterotrophs in planktonic microbial communities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-527

  Crane, Kenneth W ^a   Grover, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Coexistence; Mixotrophy; Phytoplankton; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE;

AUTOTROPHY; COEXISTENCE; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MIXOTROPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROTROPH; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIXOTROPH; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZOOMASTIGOPHOREA;

EID: 70450255089     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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