The phytoplankton zooplankton link in the Lake Ontario food web

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-249

  Lampman, Gregory G ^a,b   Makarewicz, Joseph C ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web; Grazing rates; Microzooplankton; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032807256     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70733-1     Document Type: Article

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