Mixotrophy in the Antarctic phytoflagellate Pyramimonas gelidicola McFadden (Chlorophyta: Prasinophyceae)

• Published in: Journal of Phycology
• Main Authors: Bell, EM, Laybourn-Parry, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 2003
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Ace Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02152.x; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49452

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. gelid...