Significant year‐round effect of small mixotrophic flagellates on bacterioplankton in an oligotrophic coastal system

F Unrein, R Massana, L Alonso-Sáez… - Limnology and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The seasonal variation in the grazing effect of mixotrophic flagellates on bacterioplankton
was assessed during an annual cycle in an oligotrophic coastal station in the northwest …

In situ interactions between photosynthetic picoeukaryotes and bacterioplankton in the Atlantic Ocean: evidence for mixotrophy

M Hartmann, MV Zubkov, DJ Scanlan… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Heterotrophic bacterioplankton, cyanobacteria and phototrophic picoeukaryotes (< 5 μm in
size) numerically dominate planktonic oceanic communities. While feeding on …

Feeding and grazing impact by small marine heterotrophic dinoflagellates on heterotrophic bacteria

HJ Jeong, KA Seong, YDU YOO, TH Kim… - Journal of Eukaryotic …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the feeding of the small heterotrophic dinoflagellates (HTDs) Oxyrrhis
marina, Gyrodinium cf. guttula, Gyrodinium sp., Pfiesteria piscicida, and Protoperidinium …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon and nitrogen isoscape of particulate organic matter in the East China Sea

PC Ho, N Okuda, CF Yeh, PL Wang, GC Gong… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The isoscape of particulate organic matters (POM) in the euphotic zone at the shelf of the
East China Sea (ECS) is affected by hydrological interactions and biological activities …

Two Predators, One Prey — the Interaction Between Bacteriophage, Bacterivorous Ciliates, and Escherichia coli

RB Bulannga, S Schmidt - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Bacterivorous ciliates and lytic bacteriophages are two major predators in aquatic
environments, competing for the same type of prey. This study investigated the possible …

Importance of bacterivory by pigmented and heterotrophic nanoflagellates during the warm season in a subtropical western Pacific coastal ecosystem

AY Tsai, GC Gong, RW Sanders, WH Chen… - Aquatic Microbial …, 2011 - int-res.com
We investigated temporal variations in the effects of bacterivory by different sizes of
heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) and pigmented nanoflagellates (PNF) during a warm …

Species‐specific effects of leaf litter leachate on the aquatic microbial community and the ratio of heterotrophic to autotrophic biomass

PC Ho, S Nakajima, J Urabe - Freshwater Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) released from submerged leaf litter is an important
allochthonous carbon source for heterotrophic bacteria that enhances the detrital food chain …

Ecology and trophic preference of picoplankton and nanoplankton in the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay, southeast coast of India

R Jyothibabu, AP Mohan, L Jagadeesan… - Journal of Marine …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Gulf of Mannar (GoM) and the Palk Bay (PB) are two least studied marine environments
located between India and Sri Lanka. The environmental and smaller plankton (0.2–20μm) …

Biophysical controls on seasonal changes in the structure, growth, and grazing of the size-fractionated phytoplankton community in the northern South China Sea

Y Dong, QP Li, Z Wu, Y Shuai, Z Liu, Z Ge… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
The size-fractionated phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing are crucial for the
temporal change of community size structure, regulating not only trophic transfer but also the …

Biodiversity researches on microbial loop in aquatic systems

N Okuda, K Watanabe, K Fukumori, S Nakano… - Biodiversity in Aquatic …, 2014 - Springer
The food linkage between heterotrophic bacteria and protists is so-called “microbial loop,”
functioning as important matter cycling in pelagic food webs. Biomass of heterotrophic …