Microzooplankton herbivory and phytoplankton growth in the northwestern Sargasso Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-188

  Lessard, Evelyn J ^a   Murrell, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilution experiments; Microzooplankton grazing; Oligotrophic oceans; Sargasso Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000152481     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame016173     Document Type: Article

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