Alternative nutritional strategies in protists: Symposium introduction and a review of freshwater protists that combine photosynthesis and heterotrophy

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-184

  Sanders, Robert W ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater environments; Heterotrophy; Mixotrophy; Phagotrophic phytoflagellates; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; FLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HETEROTROPHY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXOTROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHAGOTROPHY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESEARCH WORK; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FRESH WATER; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA; PROTISTA;

EID: 79959825827     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00543.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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