Microplankton growth, grazing, and community structure in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 229-240

  Strom, Suzanne L ^a   Strom, Michael W ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal; Grazing; Growth; Microzooplankton; Phytoplankton; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

COASTAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; GROWTH; MICROPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0029668973     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps130229     Document Type: Article

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