Are copepods important grazers of the spring phytoplankton bloom in the western Irish Sea?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 465-483

  Gowen, R J ^d   McCullough, G ^a   Kleppel, G S ^b   Houchin, L ^c   Elliott, P ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL; GRAZING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GRAZING; ZOOPLANKTON;

IRISH SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; DICTYOCHA SPECULUM; GUINARDIA DELICATULA; PSEUDOCALANUS; TEMORA;

EID: 0032805612     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.3.465     Document Type: Article

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