Colonies of Phaeocystis globosa are protected by a thin but tough skin

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 187, Issue , 1999, Pages 101-111

  Hamm, Christian E ^a   Simson, Doris A ^b   Merkel, Rudolf ^b   Smetacek, Victor ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony skin; Grazer deterrent; Micropipette aspiration technique; Phaeocystis; Phytoplankton colony

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROALGA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA;

EID: 0033554649     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps187101     Document Type: Article

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