Top-down control on plankton components in an Antarctic pond: Experimental approach to the study of low-complexity food webs

Polar Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 893-901

  Allende, Luz ^a,b   Pizarro, Haydée ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ciliates; Phytoplankton; Picoplankton; Top down

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; MICROPLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 33748427912     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0129-2     Document Type: Article

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