Grazing of intertidal benthic foraminifera on bacteria: Assessment using pulse-chase radiotracing

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 399, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Mojtahid, M ^a   Zubkov, M V ^a   Hartmann, M ^a   Gooday, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Benthic foraminifera; Radiotracing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BACTERIUM; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMASS; DIGESTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; PROTOZOAN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA BECCARII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; FORAMINIFERA; HALOMONAS; HAYNESINA GERMANICA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; PSAMMOPHAGA; PTERIDOMONAS; URONEMA (CILIATA);

EID: 79952467651     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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