The balance between photosynthesis and grazing in Antarctic mixotrophic cryptophytes during summer

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2060-2070

  Marshall, William ^a   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Carbon budget; Cryptophyte; Mixotrophy; Photosynthesis; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; GRAZING; MIXOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036830063     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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