Differential grazing on protozoan microplankton by developmental stages of the calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis Poppe

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-304

  Merrell, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Stoecker, Diane K ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 CHLOROMETHYLFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; CHLOROPHYLL; CILIATE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DINOFLAGELLATE MICROPLANKTON; ESTUARY; FLUORESCENCE MARKER; GRAZING; MICROPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; PROTOZOA; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; CHOPTANK ESTUARY; USA;

COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS;

EID: 0031867899     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.2.289     Document Type: Article

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