Importance of heterotrophic planktonic communities in a mussel culture environment: The Grande Entrée lagoon, Magdalen Islands (Québec, Canada)

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 377-392

  Trottet, Aurore ^a   Roy, Suzanne ^a   Tamigneaux, Eric ^b   Lovejoy, Connie ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Centre Collégial de Transfert de Technologie des Pêches   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUSSEL CULTURE; PLANKTON; SHALLOW WATER;

CANADA; GRANDE ENTREE LAGOON; MAGDALEN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 33847338592     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0494-y     Document Type: Article

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