Krill larvae, copepods and the microbial food web: Interactions during the Antarctic fall

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Wickham, Stephen A ^a,c   Berninger, Ulrike G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ciliate; Copepod; Furcilia; Grazing; Krill; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALANOIDA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; METRIDIA GERLACHEI; OITHONA SIMILIS;

EID: 33847101432     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame046001     Document Type: Article

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