Spring bloom succession, grazing impact and herbivore selectivity of ciliate communities in response to winter warming

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 668-681

  Aberle, N ^a   Lengfellner, K ^a   Sommer, U ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea spring assemblages; Climate change; Global change; Microzooplankton; Plankton mesocosms

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CILIATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSTACEAN; DIETARY OVERLAP; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; COPEPOD; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; KIEL BIGHT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOCHROMULINA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; LOHMANIELLA OVIFORMIS; STROBILIDIIDAE; STROBILIDIUM;

EID: 33845791962     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0540-y     Document Type: Article

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