Zooplankton grazing and growth: Scaling within the 2-2,000-μm body size range

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 687-704

  Hansen, Per Juel ^b   Bjørnsen, Peter Koefoed ^a,b   Hansen, Benni Winding ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Marine Biological Laboratory   (Denmark)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0030806615     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.4.0687     Document Type: Article

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