Autotrophic and heterotrophic nanoplankton in the diet of the estuarine copepods Eurytemora affinis and Acartia bifilosa

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 877-890

  Gasparini, Stéphane ^a   Castel, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARTIA BIFILOSA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; COPEPODA;

CARBON SOURCE; DIET; ESTUARINE ORGANISMS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; NANNOPLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT;

EID: 0030616373     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.7.877     Document Type: Article

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