The Biology of Free-living Heterotrophic Flagellates

Free-living flagellates have recently been recognized as the most important consumers in aquatic ecosystems and are of direct relevance to all systems ecologists, aquatic biologists, and researchers into the Greenhouse effect. There has been no synthesis of this area before, thus this volume provides the first cohesive and authoritative account of this important field. The book will be of interest to protozoologists, protistologists, evolutionary biologists, and ecologists dealing with aquatic or soil ecosystems, as well as to general and teaching biologists.