Autotroph:herbivore biomass ratios; carbon deficits judged from plankton data

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 491, Issue , 2003, Pages 167-175

  Hessen, Dag O ^a   Faafeng, Bjørn A ^b   Brettum, Pål ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Algae; Biomass ratio; Carbon; Grazing; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; PHOSPHORUS;

PHYTOPLANKTONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; CARBON; GRAZING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORWAY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CALANOIDA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; METAZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0038719002     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024456825718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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