Feeding and reproduction by Calanus finmarchicus, and microzooplankton grazing during mesocosm blooms of diatoms and the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 197-217

  Nejstgaard, Jens C ^a   Gismervik, Ingrid ^b   Solberg, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calanus; Emiliania; Food selection; Grazing; Mesocosm; Microzooplankton; Reproduction; Skeletonema; Top down

Indexed keywords

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; COPEPODA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

BLOOM; COCCOLITHOPHORE; DIATOM; GRAZING; PREY SELECTION; REPRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0030620847     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps147197     Document Type: Article

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