Planktonic herbivorous food webs in the catalan sea (NW Mediterranean): Temporal variability and comparison of indices of phyto-zooplankton coupling based on state variables and rate processes

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2329-2347

  Calbet, A ^a   Alcaraz, M ^a   Saiz, E ^a   Estrada, M ^a   Trepat, I ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FOOD WEBS; PHYTO-ZOOPLANKTON COUPLING; PHYTOPLANKTON-ZOOPLANKTON COUPLING; PLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CATALAN SEA;

EID: 0030302781     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.12.2329     Document Type: Article

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