Zooplankton feeding ecology: Grazing by marine copepods and cladocerans upon phytoplankton and cyanobacteria from Kingston Harbour, Jamaica

Marine Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-208

  Turner, Jefferson T ^a   Hopcroft, Russell R ^b,d   Lincoln, Jean A ^a   Huestis, Cameran Sassman ^a   Tester, Patricia A ^c   Roff, John C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acartia lilljeborgii; Cladocerans; Copepods; Cyanobacteria; Grazing; Jamaica; Penilia avirostris; Temora turbinata; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

JAMAICA; KINGSTON HARBOUR;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA LILLJEBORGII; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; NITZSCHIA; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS; TEMORA TURBINATA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032466671     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1998.tb00462.x     Document Type: Article

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