Characterizing the Feeding Habits of the Testate Amoebae Hyalosphenia papilio and Nebela tincta along a Narrow " Fen-Bog" Gradient Using Digestive Vacuole Content and 13C and 15N Isotopic Analyses

Protist

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-464

  Jassey, Vincent E J ^a   Shimano, Satoshi ^b   Dupuy, Christine ^c   Toussaint, Marie Laure ^a   Gilbert, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

13C and 15N isotopes; Ecological gradient; Food preference; Peatland; Sphagnum; Testate amoebae.

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AMOEBOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

AMOEBOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPHAGNOPSIDA; VACUOLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; HYALOSPHENIA PAPILIO; NEBELA TINCTA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FALLAX;

EID: 84858703416     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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