NadpisCommunity structure, picoplankton grazing and zooplankton control of heterotrophic nanoflagellates in a eutrophic reservoir during the summer phytoplankton maximum
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1997
AutořiŠimek, K, Hartman, P, Nedoma, J, Pernthaler, J, Springmann, D, Vrba, J, Psenner, R
JournalAquatic Microbial Ecology
Volume12
Pagination49–63
Abstract

An intensive 5 wk study was conducted to investigate the role of protists, especially heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF), in microbial food webs during the summer phytoplankton bloom in the epilimnion and metalimnion of the eutrophic Rimov reservoir (South Bohemia, Czech Republic). On average, protists consumed similar to 90% of bacterial production in both layers. The community composition of HNF and the relative importance of different HNF groups as picoplankton consumers were determined. Small HNF (