Open AccessLarge biomass of small feeders: ciliates may dominate herbivory in eutrophic lakes
Author(s) -
Betty Lischke,
Guntram Weithoff,
Stephen A. Wickham,
Katrin Attermeyer,
HansPeter Grossart,
Kristin Scharnweber,
Sabine Hilt,
Ursula Gaedke
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of plankton research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1464-3774
pISSN - 0142-7873
DOI - 10.1093/plankt/fbv102
Subject(s) - phytoplankton , trophic level , ciliate , zooplankton , biology , ecology , biomass (ecology) , plankton , microbial loop , microbial food web , eutrophication , abundance (ecology) , food web , trophic cascade , nutrient
The importance of ciliates as herbivores and in biogeochemical cycles is increasingly recognized. An opportunity to observe the potential consequences of zooplankton dominated by ciliates arose whe ...
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