Effects of zooplankton grazing on colony formation in algae: A review

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2083-2089

  Yang, Zhou ^a,b,c   Kong, Fan Xiang ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algae; Colony formation; Cyanobacterial bloom; Grazing pressure; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 24344504454     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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