Plankton development and trophic transfer in seawater enclosures with nutrients and Phaeocystis pouchetii added

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 321, Issue , 2006, Pages 99-121

  Nejstgaard, J C ^a   Frischer, M E ^b   Verity, P G ^b   Anderson, J T ^b,c   Jacobsen, A ^a   Zirbel, M J ^d   Larsen, A ^a   Martinez Martinez J ^a,e,l   Sazhin, A F ^f   Walters, T ^b   Bronk, D A ^g   Whipple, S J ^h   Borrett, S R ^h,i   Patten, B C ^h   Long, J D ^j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c Estuarine Research Center   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^g VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Fjord; Mesocosms; Nutrients; Phaeocystis pouchetii

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; FJORD; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 33749591894     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps321099     Document Type: Article

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