Relative impacts of copepods, cladocerans and nutrients on the microbial food web of a mesotrophic lake

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 683-714

  Burns, Carolyn W ^a   Schallenberg, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOECKELLA; BOECKELLA HAMATA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYCLOTELLA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA CARINATA; DAPHNIIDAE; CALANOIDA; CILIATA; CLADOCERA;

FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FOOD WEB; ZOOPLANKTON;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, LAKE MAHINERANGI;

EID: 0029659783     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.5.683     Document Type: Article

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