Mixotrophy and the toxicity of Ochromonas in pelagic food webs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2262-2271

  Hiltunen, Teppo ^a   Barreiro, Aldo ^a   Hairston Jr , Nelson G ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Algal toxins; Bacterivory; Daphnia; Photosynthesis; Plankton dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIONUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; PROTISTA; PULICARIA; ROTIFERA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 84866996365     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12000     Document Type: Article

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