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Distribution and diversity of a protist predator Cryothecomonas (Cercozoa) in Arctic marine waters.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Thaler Mary, Lovejoy Connie
Abstract excerpt
Heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNFs) are key components in microbial food webs, potentially influencing community composition via top-down control of their favored prey or host. Marine cercozoan Cryothecomonas species are parasitoid and predatory HNFs that have been reported from ice, sediments, and the water column. Although Cryothecomonas is frequently reported from Arctic and subarctic seas, factors...
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