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Thraustochytrid fungoid protists in faecal pellets of the tunicate Pegea confoederata, their tolerance to deep-sea conditions and implication in degradation processes
1999
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Dunng a swarm of the tunicate Pegea confoederala (salp) in the northern Arabian Sea, we examined their faecal pellets for thraustochytrid protists and bacteria to understand the role of the former in decomposition processes in the sea. Fresh faecal pellets from surface waters contained on average 6.58 X 106 thraustochytrids g-' dry wt, while bacterial numbers \.vere about 3 orders of magnitude higher. Highest numbers of thraustochytnds were observed when the faecal pellets were incubated at
doi:10.3354/meps190133
fatcat:2nxm2qkswneflkjtfpui47cdea