Seasonal coupling between ciliate and phytoplankton standing stocks in the South Slough of Coos Bay, Oregon

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 539-550

  Cowlishaw, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Southwestern College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CILIATE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COOS BAY; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 3042769404     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803545     Document Type: Article

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