Mixotrophy in the Antarctic phytoflagellate, Pyramimonas gelidicola (Chlorophyta: Prasinophyta)

• Main Authors: Bell, Elanor M., Laybourn-Parry, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Institut für Biochemie und Biologie; Ace Lake; Antarctic; Austral; The Antarctic; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/15505

Grazing by the planktonic, phytoflagellate, Pyramimonas gelidicola McFadden (Chlorophyta: Prasinophyta), and heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNAN) in meromictic, saline Ace Lake in the Vestfold Hills, Eastern Antarctica, was investigated in the austral summers of 1997 and 1999. Up to 47% of the P. ge...