Metazoan plankton and the structure of the plankton community in the stratified North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 175, Issue , 1998, Pages 191-200

  Fransz, H G ^a   Gonzalez, S R ^a   Steeneken, S F ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Calanus finmarchicus; Egg production; Mesozooplankton; North Sea; Plankton community structure; Size differential control

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORTH SEA;

ALGAE; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; TRIPNEUSTES VENTRICOSUS;

EID: 0032542288     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps175191     Document Type: Article

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