Community structure and trophic role of ciliates and heterotrophic nanoflagellates in Rhone River diluted mesoscale structures (NW Mediterranean Sea)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-277

  Christaki, Urania ^a   Courties, Claude ^b   Joux, Fabien ^b   Jeffrey, Wade H ^c   Neveux, Jacques ^b   Naudin, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterivory; Grazing; Laboea strobila; Mixotroph; Picoeucaryotes; Rhone River plume

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; LABOEA STROBILA; MYRIONECTA RUBRA; PROTISTA;

EID: 73449139444     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01339     Document Type: Article

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