Trophic interactions between picophytoplankton and micro- And nanozooplankton in the western Arabian Sea during the NE monsoon 1993

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-273

  Reckermann, Marcus ^a,c   Veldhuis, Marcel J W ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee   (Netherlands)

^c Forschungs Technologiezentrum W   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabia Sea; Flowcytometry; Grazing; Picoeukaryotes; Picophytoplankton; Prochlorococcus; Synechococcus; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0001650181     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012263     Document Type: Article

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