Nitrogen, silicate and zooplankton control of the planktonic food-web in spring

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-75

  Kuuppo, P ^a,c   Autio, R ^d   Kuosa, H ^b   Setala O ^d   Tanskanen, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Microbial food web; Nitrogen; Silicate; Spring bloom; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DIATOM; FOOD WEB; LABORATORY STUDY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0031911948     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0258     Document Type: Article

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