Effects of mesozooplankton removal and ammonium addition on planktonic trophic structure during a bloom of the Texas 'brown tide': A mesocosm study

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-228

  Buskey, Edward J ^a   Deyoe, Hudson ^b   Jochem, Frank J ^c   Villareal, Tracy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BROWN TIDE; MESOCOSM; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

UNITED STATES;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA TONSA; ALGAE; AUREOUMBRA LAGUNENSIS; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; LAGUNA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0037330632     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.2.215     Document Type: Article

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