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Ecology of Protozoa

The Biology of Free-living Phagotropic Protists

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Tom Fenchel

    1. Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

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Part of the book series: Brock Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience (BROCK/SPRINGER)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. What is a Protozoan?

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 1-14

  3. Ecological Physiology: Motility

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 15-31

  4. Ecological Physiology: Feeding

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 32-52

  5. Ecological Physiology: Bioenergetics

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 53-62

  6. Ecological Physiology: Other Aspects

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 63-75

  7. Symbiosis

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 76-85

  8. The Niches of Protozoa

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 86-101

  9. Protozoan Communities: Marine Habitats

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 102-133

  10. Protozoan Communities: Freshwater Habitats

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 134-151

  11. Protozoan Communities: Terrestrial Habitats

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 152-160

  12. Symbiotic Protozoa

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 161-166

  13. Concluding Remarks

    • Tom Fenchel
    Pages 167-169

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 171-197
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

    Tom Fenchel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecology of Protozoa

  • Book Subtitle: The Biology of Free-living Phagotropic Protists

  • Authors: Tom Fenchel

  • Series Title: Brock Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25981-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-910239-06-6Published: 01 January 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-25981-8Published: 02 July 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1432-0061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 197

  • Number of Illustrations: 92 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Microbial Ecology

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