Bacterial growth on macrophyte leachate in the presence and absence of bacterivorous protists

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-389

  Sala, Maria Montserrat ^a,b   Jürgens, Klaus ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial activity; Detritus decomposition; DOC composition; Grazing resistance; Protist grazing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BACTERIVORY; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LEACHATE; MACROPHYTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA;

EID: 9644254064     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0161-0371     Document Type: Article

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