The trophic transfer via a picoplankton-flagellate-copepod food chain during a picocyanobacterial bloom in Lake Biwa

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-160

  Nagata, Toshi ^a,b   Takai, Kenji ^a,c   Kawabata, Kei Ichi ^d   Nakanishi, Masami ^e   Urabe, Jotaro ^e,f  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Kanazawa University ^*  (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0029761441     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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