Phytoplankton growth, microzooplankton herbivory and community structure in the southeast Bering Sea: Insight into the formation and temporal persistence of an Emiliania huxleyi bloom

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 5969-5990

  Olson, M Brady ^a   Strom, Suzanne L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL; GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

PHYTOPLANKTONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

BERING SEA;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GYRODINIUM; LABOEA; NITZSCHIA; PROTOPERIDINIUM;

EID: 0036441102     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00329-6     Document Type: Article

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