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The relative importance of different ciliate taxa in the pelagic food web of lake constance
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Müller, Helga |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Abundance, biovolume, and species composition of pelagic ciliates in Lake Constance were recorded over two annual cycles (1987/88). Production was estimated from mean annual biovolumes and size-specific growth rates obtained from the literature. Cell concentrations and biovolumes ranged from 0.1 to 120 cells ml−1 and from 3 to 1,200 mm3 m−3, respectively. Mean annual values were, respectively, 6.8 cells ml−1 and 94 mm3 m−3 in 1987, and 12.0 cells ml−1 and 130 mm3 m−3 in 1988. In both years, prostome nanociliates (<20μm) dominated numerically, while strobiliids in the size range 20–35μm contributed most significantly to ciliate production. Ciliate community production, according to a crude calculation, yielded approximately 10–15 g C m−2 year−1. |
| Starting Page | 261 |
| Ending Page | 273 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1007/BF02075813 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://page-one.springer.com/pdf/preview/10.1007/BF02075813 |
| PubMed reference number | 24196206 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02075813 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 18 |
| Journal | Microbial Ecology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
