Bromeliothrix metopoides, a boom and bust ciliate (Ciliophora, Colpodea) from tank bromeliads

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 406-419

  Weisse, Thomas ^a   Scheffel, Ulrike ^a   Stadler, Peter ^a   Foissner, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bromeliothrix metopoides; Feeding threshold; Growth rates; PH response; Polytomella; Tank bromeliads

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BROMELIA; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BROMELIA; CILIOPHORA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CILIOPHORA; COLPODEA; COLPODIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METOPOIDES; POLYTOMELLA;

EID: 84878536027     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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