Prochlorophytes as secondary prey for heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the deep chlorophyll maximum layer of the (sub)tropical North Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 204, Issue , 2000, Pages 53-63

  Kuipers, B R ^a   Witte, H J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deep chlorophyll maximum; Grazing; Heterotrophic bacteria; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; North Atlantic Ocean; Prochlorophytes

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; MICROORGANISM;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034609894     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps204053     Document Type: Article

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