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School of Engineering and Science - Jacobs University

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CONTENTS<br />

INTRODUCTION 1<br />

RESEARCH AIMS 13<br />

OUTLINE OF THE THESIS 15<br />

CHAPTER I 19<br />

Din<strong>of</strong>lagellates <strong>and</strong> ciliates at Helgol<strong>and</strong> Roads, North Sea<br />

CHAPTER II 37<br />

Conserving original in situ diversity in microzooplankton grazing set-ups<br />

CHAPTER III 57<br />

The role <strong>of</strong> ciliates, heterotrophic din<strong>of</strong>lagellates <strong>and</strong> copepods<br />

in structuring spring plankton communities at Helgol<strong>and</strong> Roads, North Sea<br />

CHAPTER IV 101<br />

They can promote their competitors – commensalism between<br />

microzooplankton predators<br />

DISCUSSION 125<br />

SUMMARY 141<br />

REFERENCES 143<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 157<br />

DECLARATION 159

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