Grazing by meso- and microzooplankton on phytoplankton in the upper reaches of the Schelde estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 764-774

  Lionard, M ^a   Azemar F ^b   Bouletreau S ^b   Muylaert, K ^a   Tackx, M ^b   Vyverman, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

CHEMTAX; Grazing; HPLC; Mesozooplankton; Phytoplankton; Rotifers; Schelde estuary

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; PLANKTON;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ACANTHOCYCLOPS ROBUSTUS; BRACHIONUS; CALANOIDA; CHYDORUS SPHAERICUS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; CYCLOPS VICINUS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; MOINA AFFINIS; PULEX; ROTIFERA; SYNCHAETA; TRICHOCERCA;

EID: 23744499645     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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