Relative strength of resource and predation limitation of heterotrophic nanoflagellates in a low-productive sea area

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 923-935

  Berglund, Johnny ^a   Samuelsson, Kristina ^a,c   Kull, Tomas ^b   Müren, Umut ^a   Andersson, Agneta ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FLAGELLATE; PREDATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27644589193     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi067     Document Type: Article

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