Encystment probability and encystment rate: New terms to quantitatively describe formation of resting cysts in planktonic microbial populations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 273, Issue , 2004, Pages 43-48

  Olli, Kalle ^a,b   Neubert, Michael G ^b   Anderson, Donald M ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cyst yield; Dinoflagellates; Encystment; Life cycle; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; ENCYSTMENT; LIFE CYCLE; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 3042764747     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps273043     Document Type: Article

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