The colonial cyanobacterium Trichodesmium as a physical and nutritional substrate for the harpacticoid copepod Macrosetella gracilis

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-59

  O'Neil, Judith M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; EGG; FOOD SOURCE; FRACTIONATION; GRAZING; INGESTION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NUTRITION; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIA; FOOD SOURCE; INGESTION; NUTRITION;

BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN SEA;

COPEPODA; MACROSETELLA GRACILIS; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0031833374     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.1.43     Document Type: Article

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