The spatial and temporal planktonic ciliate community structure of a large shallow eutrophic
lake was described in detail based on a monthly monitoring campaign over 2 years using …

Short-time spatio-temporal variations of planktonic ciliates in a eutrophic lake were
examined for evidence of diel vertical migration in relation to food supply (bacteria …

From 1987 to 1998, ciliates and their prey and predator communities in Lake Constance
(which is large, deep and meso-eutrophic) were intensively studied as the lake underwent re …

Seasonal population dynamics and community composition of planktonic ciliates were
studied for over a decade in a naturally eutrophic shallow lake, Lake Võrtsjärv, which has a …

Temperate shallow meso-to eutrophic lakes can exist in one of two alternative states with
contrasting foodwebs, referred to as the clear-water and the turbid state. We describe the …

We followed the changes in the protist assemblage over an annual cycle at 3 sites and
different depths of Traunsee in the Austrian Alps and quantified the variability of the ciliate …

We found a recurrent seasonal pattern in abundance and composition of planktonic ciliates
in Lake Constance, FRG, over a three-year period. Abundance peaks occurred in early …

We investigated the influence of macrophyte composition on ciliate community structure in a
large, shallow, eutrophic Lake Võrtsjärv. We hypothesized that macrophyte composition …

Ciliates represent a crucial link between phytoplankton and bacteria and mesozooplankton
in pelagic food webs, but little is known about the processes influencing the dynamics of …

The importance of ciliates as herbivores and in biogeochemical cycles is increasingly
recognized. An opportunity to observe the potential consequences of zooplankton …