The "neutral" community structure of planktonic herbivores, tintinnid ciliates of the microzooplankton, across the SE Tropical Pacific Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-310

  Dolan, J R ^a   Ritchie, M E ^b   Ras, J ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CILIATE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HERBIVORE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

CILIOPHORA; LORICA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 34250194685     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-4-297-2007     Document Type: Article

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