Response of phytoplankton and bacteria to nutrients and zooplankton: A mesocosm experiment

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 995-1010

  Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a,c   Knight, Susan E ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a   Cole, Jonathan J ^b   Pace, Michael L ^b   Wagner, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRAZING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT INPUT; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 0030875829     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.8.995     Document Type: Article

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