Microzooplankton bacterivory and herbivory in the NE subarctic Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 2579-2618

  Rivkin, Richard B ^a   Putland, Jennifer N ^a   Robin Anderson, M ^b   Deibel, Don ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIVORY; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; MICROPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032735056     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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