Microzooplankton feeding behaviour: Grazing on the microbial and the classical food web of African soda lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 710, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-72

  Burian, Alfred ^a   Schagerl, Michael ^a   Yasindi, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Brachionus; Cascading effects; Ingestion rate; Omnivorous ciliates; Phytoplankton; Saline lakes; Zooplankton selectivity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CILIATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; INGESTION RATE; INVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OMNIVORY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINE LAKE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT;

ARTHROSPIRA FUSIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS DIMIDIATUS; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; CILIOPHORA; CONDYLOSTOMA MAGNUM; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FRONTONIA SP.; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84876675430     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1023-2     Document Type: Article

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