Linkage between crustacean zooplankton and aquatic bacteria

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-277

  Tang, Kam W ^a   Turk, Valentina ^b   Grossart, Hans Peter ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial dispersal; Food web; Hotspots; Zooplankton; Zooplankton bacteria interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; METAZOA;

EID: 78650869598     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01424     Document Type: Review

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