Impacts of nutrients and zooplankton on the microbial food web of an ultra-oligotrophic lake

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1501-1525

  Burns, Carolyn W ^a   Schallenberg, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPEPOD; FOOD WEB; LAKE; MESOZOOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA;

EID: 0031853322     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.8.1501     Document Type: Article

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