Growth and grazing responses of two chloroplast-retaining dinoflagellates: Effect of irradiance and prey species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 201, Issue , 2000, Pages 121-128

  Jakobsen, Hans Henrik ^a,b   Hansen, Per Juel ^b   Larsen, Jacob ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Botanical Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amphidinium poecilochroum; Chloroplast; Dinoflagellates; Feeding rates; Growth rates; Gymnodinium gracilentum; Mixotrophy

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; GENETIC STRAIN; GRAZING RESPONSE; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; INGESTION RATE; IRRADIANCE; PLANT CELL;

DINOFLAGELLATE; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; INGESTION RATE; IRRADIANCE; PREY PREFERENCE;

ALGAE; AMPHIDINIUM; AMPHIDINIUM POECILOCHROUM; ANIMALIA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM GRACILENTUM; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034625852     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps201121     Document Type: Article

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