Relative grazing impact of microzooplankton and mesozooplankton on a bloom of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 259, Issue , 2003, Pages 303-309

  Calbet, Albert ^a   Vaqué, Dolors ^a   Felipe, Jordi ^a   Vila, Magda ^a   Sala, Maria Montserrat ^a   Alcaraz, Miquel ^a   Estrada, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acartia grani; Alexandrium minutum; Grazing; Harmful algal bloom; Mesozooplankton; Microzooplankton; Oithona davisae

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA GRANI; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; OITHONA DAVISAE;

EID: 0141959841     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps259303     Document Type: Article

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