Seasonal changes in nano/micro-zooplankton herbivory and heterotrophic nano-flagellates bacterivory off Cape Esan, southwestern Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 609-618

  Shinada, Akiyoshi ^a   Ban, Syuhei ^a   Ikeda, Tsutomu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dilution method; HNF; Micro zooplankton; Microbial food web

Indexed keywords

BACTERIVORY; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MICROPLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0345530785     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000009590.29546.aa     Document Type: Article

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