Trophic cascades mediated by copepods, not nutrient supply rate, determine the development of picocyanobacteria

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-218

  Sundt Hansen, Line E ^a,d   Olsen, Yngvar ^a   Stibor, Herwig ^b   Heldal, Mikal ^c   Vadstein, Olav ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Appendicularia; Bottom up; Ciliates; Nutrients; Resource limitation; Top down; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA;

EID: 33846543211     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame045207     Document Type: Article

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