Diversity and functions of microscopic fungi: A missing component in pelagic food webs

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-268

  Jobard, Marlène ^a   Rasconi, Serena ^a   Sime Ngando, Télesphore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Diversity; Food web dynamics; Fungi; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARASITISM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; TROPHIC STATUS;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; OOMYCETES; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 77952957219     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-010-0133-z     Document Type: Review

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