Protists have divergent effects on bacterial diversity along a productivity gradient

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-642

  Bell, Thomas ^a   Bonsall, Michael B ^a   Buckling, Angus ^a   Whiteley, Andrew S ^b   Goodall, Timothy ^b   Griffiths, Robert I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biodiversity; Predation; Productivity; Protist

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; PROTIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYCLIDIUM; PROTISTA; SPUMELLA;

EID: 77958507827     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0027     Document Type: Article

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