Grazing pressure by amphipods on microalgae in Gamo Lagoon, Japan

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 171-179

  Aikins, Samuel ^a   Kikuchi, Eisuke ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algae; Amphipods; Diatom; Gamo Lagoon; Grazing pressure

Indexed keywords

GRAZING PRESSURE; LAGOON; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROALGA;

GAMO LAGOON; HONSHU; JAPAN;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM UENOI; EOGAMMARUS; EOGAMMARUS POSSJETICUS; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA VERMICULOPHYLLA; GRANDIDIERELLA JAPONICA; GYROSIGMA; JAPONICA; MELITA; MELITA SETIFLAGELLA; MELOSIRA; NITZSCHIA;

EID: 0037132724     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps245171     Document Type: Article

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