Protistan grazing in a meromictic freshwater lake with anoxic bottom water

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 691-703

  Oikonomou, Andreas ^a   Pachiadaki, Maria ^a   Stoeck, Thorsten ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxic monimolimnion; Meromictic lake; Oxic anoxic interface; Protistan grazing

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BOTTOM WATER; GRAZING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MEROMICTIC LAKE; MORTALITY; PHAGOTROPHY; PROTIST;

ALATSEE; BAVARIA; GERMANY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN;

ANOXIC MONIMOLIMNION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIACEAE; CILIATE; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; MEROMICTIC LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIC/ANOXIC INTERFACE; PROTISTAN GRAZING;

ANOXIC MONIMOLIMNION; MEROMICTIC LAKE; OXIC/ANOXIC INTERFACE; PROTISTAN GRAZING;

BIOMASS; CHROMATIACEAE; CILIOPHORA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; LAKES; OXYGEN;

EID: 84896705580     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12257     Document Type: Article

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