The importance of microzooplankton versus phytoplankton to copepod populations during late winter and early spring in Lake Michigan

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2371-2385

  Bundy, Marie H ^a,e   Vanderploeg, Henry A ^b   Lavrentyev, Peter J ^c   Kovalcik, Paul A ^d  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^d BIOHABITATS INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEARANCE RATE; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING; INGESTION RATE; PLANKTIVORY;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; LEPTODIAPTOMUS SICILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 32644483723     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-111     Document Type: Article

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