Organism life cycles, predation, and the structure of marine pelagic ecosystems

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 277-293

  Verity, Peter G ^a   Smetacek, Victor ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Ecosystem structure; Life history; Morphology; Pelagic; Plankton; Predation; Top down; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEMS; PREDATION; PREDATORY INTERACTIONS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029668972     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps130277     Document Type: Article

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