Ecological balance between ciliate plankton and its prey candidates, pico- and nanoplankton, in the East China Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 403-410

  Suzuki, Toshikazu ^a   Miyabe, Chieko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Nanoplankton; Picoplankton; Planktonic ciliates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CILIATE PLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; PICOPLANKTON;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CILIATE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; FILTER FEEDING; NANOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 34249028581     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0715-5     Document Type: Article

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