A study of the carbon flux through the microbial food web in aquatic systems: experiments and modelling
Dutch title: Een studie van de koolstofflux doorheen het microbieël voedselweb in aquatische systemen: experimenten en modellering Funder identifier: 1295600N (Other contract id) Period: October 1999 till September 2002 Status: Completed
Ghent University; Faculty of Sciences; Biology Department; Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology (PAE), co-ordinator
Vyverman, Wim
Muylaert, Koenraad
Flemish Government; Economy, Science and Innovation; Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), sponsor
Abstract
This project comprises a comparative study of the carbon flux through the microbial food web in a series of marine and freshwater systems situated along trophic gradients. For each system, a model describing the transfer of carbon from the DOM pool to the mesozooplankton will be constructed. Two important processes will be investigated experimentally: the bacterial growth efficiency and the number of trophic levels present between bacteria and the mesozooplankton.
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