Planktonic oligotrich ciliates in the NW Mediterranean:growth rates and consumption by copepods

In May 1995 the planktonic cil~ate cornmun~ty of the Llgurlan Sed (NW M e d ~t e r ~a n e a n ) was dominated by 3 S t ~o m b ~d l u r n specles a m~xotroph 16 pm in length, d heterotrophic specles 15 pm