Grazing loss-rates in pico- and nanoplankton in the Faroe-Shetland Channel and their different relations with prey density

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Kuipers, Bouwe ^a   Witte, Harry ^a   Van Noort, Govert ^a   Gonzalez, Santiago ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grazing control; Microbial food web; Nanophytoplankton; Picoplankton

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; NANOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

ALGAE; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 0242276169     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(03)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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