Zooplankton grazing on bacteria and phytoplankton in a regulated large river (Nakdong River, Korea)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1559-1577

  Kim, Hyun Woo ^a,c   Hwang, Soon Jin ^b   Joo, Gea Jae ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON; GRAZING; KOREA; MACROZOOPLANKTON; MICROZOOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER; SIZE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; CARBON FLUX; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

NAKDONG RIVER; SOUTH KOREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; PROTISTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0033864492     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/22.8.1559     Document Type: Article

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