Importance of bacterivory by pigmented and heterotrophic nanoflagellates during the warm season in a subtropical western Pacific coastal ecosystem

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-18

  Tsai, An Yi ^a   Gong, Gwo Ching ^a   Sanders, Robert W ^c   Chen, Wei Hung ^b   Chao, Chien Fu ^b   Chiang, K P ^a,b  

^a Institute of Marine Environmental Chemistry and Ecology   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescently labeled bacteria; Ingestion rates; Mixotrophy; Pigmented nanoflagellates; Subtropical western Pacific

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956302612     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01470     Document Type: Article

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