Species diversity patterns of choanoflagellates in the Pettaquamscutt River Estuary, Rhode Island, USA

• Published in: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
• Main Authors: MENEZES, SUNSHINE, HARGRAVES, PAUL E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2005
• Subjects: Thomsen; Newfoundland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.05202003_1_60.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1550-7408.2005.05202003_1_60.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.05202003_1_60.x

Choanoflagellates are a large group of heterotrophic protists that play an important role in carbon transfer through the microbial loop, as they consume bacterioplankton and have also been found to be a major food source for macrozooplankton. Although many choanoflagellate species are cosmopolitan,...