Abundance and grazing effects of Cyclosalpa bakeri in the subarctic Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 157, Issue , 1997, Pages 175-183

  Madin, L P ^a   Purcell, J E ^b   Miller, C B ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Grazing; Salps; Station P; Subarctic Pacific

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOSALPA BAKERI; SALPIDA;

EID: 0030717553     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps157175     Document Type: Article

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