Benthic heterotrophic flagellates in an Antarctic melt water stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 529, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-70

  Dietrich, Désirée ^a   Arndt, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

bacteria; ciliates; King George Island; meiofauna; microbial mat; polar

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEBS; NEMATODS; SPECIES;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DATA REDUCTION; NUTRITION;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; MELTWATER; STREAM;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CILIOPHORA; EUGLENA; EUGLENIDA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 8744273844     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-4947-3     Document Type: Article

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