A theoretical approach to structuring mechanisms in the pelagic food web

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 363, Issue , 1997, Pages 59-72

  Frede Thingstad, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; PELAGIC ZONE; SIZE-DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031402617     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003146310365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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