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Microbial Food Web Publication

New research on the feeding activity of the marine ciliate Strobilidium neptuni, an important grazer of marine phytoplankton in coastal waters, has been published in the European Journal of Protistology by SAMS scientist Ray Leakey in collaboration with Mike Zubkov from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. Read the abstract here and contact Ray Leakey for more information.

Zubkov MV & Leakey RJ (2009) Evaluation of the efficiency of metabolism of dinoflagellate phosphorus and carbon by a planktonic ciliate. Eur J Protist 45,166-173

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