Relationships between microzooplankton and mesozooplankton: Competition versus predation on natural assemblages of the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 973-986

  Fonda Umani, S ^a,b   Tirelli, V ^a   Beran, A ^a   Guardiani, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Marine Biology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); PREDATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SIZE STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 29144439954     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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