Microzooplankton grazing of phytoplankton in a tropical upwelling region

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 575, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-81

  McManus, George B ^a   Costas, Barbara A ^a   Dam, Hans G ^a   Lopes, Rubens M ^b   Gaeta, Salvador A ^b   Susini, Sylvia M ^c   Rosetta, Carol H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cabo Frio; Ciliate; Growth; South Atlantic; South Brazil Bight; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

CABO FRIO; HETEROTROPHIC ORGANISMS; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH BRAZIL BIGHT;

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA;

EID: 33845393588     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0279-9     Document Type: Article

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