Copepod grazing in the equatorial Pacific

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 623-634

  Roman, Michael R ^a   Gauzens, Anne L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030728128     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.4.0623     Document Type: Article

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