Can a community of small-bodied grazers control phytoplankton in rivers?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-24

  Gosselain, V ^a   Viroux, L ^a   Descy, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

BELGIUM, MEUSE RIVER;

EID: 0031931982     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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