Microbial plankton response to resource limitation: Insights from the community structure and seston stoichiometry in Florida Bay, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 45-57

  Lavrentyev, Peter J ^a,c   Bootsma, Harvey A ^a,d   Johengen, Thomas H ^a   Cavaletto, Joann F ^b   Gardner, Wayne S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d SADC   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Nutrient limitation; Phytoplankton Microbial food web; Seston stoichiometry; Subtropical lagoon

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICRBIAL FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL FOOD WEB; MICROZOOPLANKTON; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESOURCE LIMITATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA BAY; USA;

MESODINIUM RUBRUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032493101     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps165045     Document Type: Article

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