Contrasting microplanktonic composition and food web structure in two coastal embayments (Long Island, NY, USA)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 891-905

  Lonsdale, Darcy J ^a   Greenfield, Dianne I ^b   Hillebrand, Elizabeth M ^a   Nuzzi, Robert ^c   Taylor, Gordon T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Office of Ecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FOOD WEB; MICROPLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

GREAT SOUTH BAY; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PECONIC BAY; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 33749601353     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl027     Document Type: Article

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