Nutritional quality of two cyanobacteria: How rich is 'poor' food?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Schmidt, Katrin ^a   Jónasdóttir, Sigrún H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acartia tonsa; Calanoid copepods; Cyanobacteria; Egg production; Microcystis aeruginosa; Nodularia spumigena; Nutritional quality

Indexed keywords

ACARTIA TONSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOM; EGG PRODUCTION; FOOD QUALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0030618730     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps151001     Document Type: Article

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