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The volume evaluates the ecological role of protozoa in the sea. The major points of discussion are the role of protozoa in the microbial food web, in the cycling of carbon and nitrogen and the extent to which this web acts as a link or sink to metazoa in the water column. The following topics are c...

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Corporate Authors: NATO Advanced Study Institute on Protozoa and Their Role in Marine Processes Plymouth, England, SpringerLink (Online service), North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division
Other Authors: Reid, P. C., Turley, C. M., Burkill, P. H.
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1991]
Series:NATO ASI series. Ecological sciences ; no. 25.
Subjects:
Protozoa > Ecology > Congresses.
Marine invertebrates > Ecology > Congresses.
Food chains (Ecology) > Congresses.
Protozoologia.
Food chains (Ecology)
Marine invertebrates > Ecology.
Protozoa > Ecology.
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The volume evaluates the ecological role of protozoa in the sea. The major points of discussion are the role of protozoa in the microbial food web, in the cycling of carbon and nitrogen and the extent to which this web acts as a link or sink to metazoa in the water column. The following topics are covered: Taxonomy - Methods - Pollution - Symbiosis - Autecology - Trophic Behav- iour - Community Grazing - Energetics and Production - Marine "Snow" and "Fluff"--Mineral Flux - Nutrient Cycling - Modelling.
Item Description:"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Protozoa and Their Role in Marine Processes, held in Plymouth (United Kingdom), 24 July-5 August 1988"--Title page verso.
"Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 506 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783642731815 (electronic bk.)
3642731813 (electronic bk.)