From small scales to the big picture: Persistence mechanisms of planktonic grazers in the oligotrophic ocean

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-253

  Paffenhöfer, Gustav Adolf ^a   Sherr, Barry F ^b   Sherr, Evelyn B ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazers; Oligotrophic ocean; Persistence mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 34249781689     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00162.x     Document Type: Review

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