Element contentofOchromonas danica: A replicated chemostat study controlling the growth rate and temperature

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 346-352

  Simonds, Savannah ^a   Grover, James P ^a   Chrzanowski, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological stoichiometry; Element ratios; Food webs; Ochromonas danica

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIVORY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOSTAT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DILUTION; FLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; OCHROMONAS DANICA;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OCHROMONAS; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; NITROGEN; OCHROMONAS; PHOSPHORUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78649354884     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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