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Heterotrophic Processes

Known as: Heterotrophic Process, Process, Heterotrophic, Processes, Heterotrophic 
The processes by which organisms utilize organic substances as their nutrient sources. Contrasts with AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES which make use of simple… 
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Autotrophic ProcessesChemoautotrophic GrowthHeterotrophic GrowthHeterotrophy

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Pronounced daily succession of phytoplankton, archaea and bacteria following a spring bloom
Marine phytoplankton perform approximately half of global carbon fixation, with their blooms contributing disproportionately to… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Climate change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers
Coral reefs are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems on our planet. Scleractinian corals function as the primary reef… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Amino acid nitrogen isotopic fractionation patterns as indicators of heterotrophy in plankton, particulate, and dissolved organic matter
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Phylogeny and Megasystematics of Phagotrophic Heterokonts (Kingdom Chromista)
Heterokonts are evolutionarily important as the most nutritionally diverse eukaryote supergroup and the most species-rich branch… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Bacterivory by heterotrophic flagellates: community structure and feeding strategies
Heterotrophic flagellates (HF) are known as most important grazers of bacteria in many aquatic ecosystem. HF cannot be treated as… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Significance of Viral Lysis and Flagellate Grazing as Factors Controlling Bacterioplankton Production in a Eutrophic Lake
ABSTRACT The effects of viral lysis and heterotrophic nanoflagellate (HNF) grazing on bacterial mortality were estimated in a… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
IMPLICATIONS OF HARMFUL MICROALGAE AND HETEROTROPHIC DINOFLAGELLATES IN MANAGEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE MARINE FISHERIES
Worldwide increases in the frequency and spatial extent of blooms of harmful marine microalgae and heterotrophic dinoflagellates… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Contribution of dissolved free amino acids and ammonium to the nitrogen requirements of heterotrophic bacterioplankton
We investigated the contribution of dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) and ammonium (NH;) to the nitrogen demand (N-demand) of… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Quantitative importance and trophic role of heterotrophic dinoflagellates in a coastal pelagial food web
The quantitative importance and trophic role of heterotrophic dinoflagellates was s tuded at a permanent station in the Kattegat… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Seasonal patterns of bacterivory by flagellates, ciliates, rotifers, and cladocerans in a freshwater planktonic community
Bacterivory in eutrophic Lake Oglethorpe, Georgia, was determined by direct observation of tracer particle uptake by all members… 
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