Size structure and energetics in a plankton food web

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 346-358

  Havens, Karl E ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0031912835     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3547055     Document Type: Article

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