Grazer and nutrient impacts on epilimnetic ciliate communities

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 893-900

  Marchessault, Philippe ^a   Mazumder, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; GRAZER; NUTRIENT; PLANKTIVORY;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; PHOXINUS EOS;

EID: 0031402477     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.5.0893     Document Type: Article

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