Relative contribution of bacterial and photosynthetic production to metazooplankton as carbon sources

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2269-2281

  Koshikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Harada, Shigeki ^b   Watanabe, Masataka ^b   Sato, Kazumi ^a   Akehata, Koii ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON SOURCES; DIET; PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0030302791     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.12.2269     Document Type: Article

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