The virus's tooth: Cyanophages affect an African flamingo population in a bottom-up cascade

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1346-1351

  Peduzzi, Peter ^a   Gruber, Martin ^a   Gruber, Michael ^b   Schagerl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

bottom up cascade; cyanophage; flamingo; food chain; soda lake; virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; TOOTH; TROPHIC CASCADE; VIRUS;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; KENYA; LAKE NAKURU; RIFT VALLEY;

ARTHROSPIRA FUSIFORMIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOMASS; BIRD; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; LAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOMASS; BIRDS; CYANOBACTERIA; FOOD CHAIN; KENYA; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84901248100     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.241     Document Type: Article

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