Role of zooplankton in the onset and demise of harmful brown tide blooms (Aureococcus anophagefferens) in US mid-Atlantic estuaries

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-195

  Deonarine, Sarah N ^a   Gobler, Christopher J ^a   Lonsdale, Darcy J ^a   Caron, David A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureococcus anophagefferens; Brown tide; Grazing; Harmful algal blooms; Paulinella ovalis; Synechococcus sp.; Trophic cascade; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS; PAULINELLA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33750070055     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame044181     Document Type: Article

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