Response of temperate microplankton communities to N:Si ratio perturbation

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1485-1495

  Roberts, E C ^a,c   Davidson, K ^a   Gilpin, L C ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; MESOCOSM; MICROPLANKTON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SILICON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0348252245     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbg109     Document Type: Article

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