In situ prey selection of mixotrophic and heterotrophic flagellates in Antarctic oligotrophic lakes: An analysis of the digestive vacuole content

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-212

  Gerea, Marina ^a,b   Queimaliños, Claudia ^a,b   Schiaffino, M Romina ^b,c   Izaguirre, Irina ^b,c   Forn, Irene ^d   Massana, Ramon ^d   Unrein, Fernando ^b,e  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

CARD FISH; Heterotrophic flagellates; Mixotrophic flagellates; Oligotrophic lakes; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLAGELLATE; HETEROTROPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MIXOTROPHY; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; PROKARYOTE; PROTIST;

ANTARCTICA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PSEUDOPEDINELLA;

EID: 84871947466     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs085     Document Type: Article

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