The importance of morphological versus chemical defences for the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis against amoebae grazing

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-84

  van Wichelen, Jeroen ^a   van Gremberghe, Ineke ^a   Vanormelingen, Pieter ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Biochemicals; Colony morphology; Cyanobacteria; Grazing; Microcystis

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COLONY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; MUCILAGE; PROTOZOAN; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CYANOBACTERIA; KOROTNEVELLA; MICROCYSTIS; PROTISTA; VANNELLA;

EID: 84856391998     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-011-9382-8     Document Type: Article

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