Microprotozooplankton distribution and their potential grazing impact in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 375-393

  Klaas, Christine ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; MICROPROTOZOA; POLAR WATER; POLAR WATERS; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT;

EID: 0030917807     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00080-X     Document Type: Article

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