Microzooplankton grazing in the Southern Ocean: Implications for the carbon cycle

Marine Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 99-115

  Froneman, Pierre ^a   Perissinotto, Renzo ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Microzooplankton grazing; Protozooplankton

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TINTINNIDAE;

CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; MICROZOOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0030485408     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1996.tb00493.x     Document Type: Article

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