Microzooplankton: Major herbivores in an estuarine planktonic food web

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 345, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-73

  Putland, J N ^a,b   Iverson, R L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine; Food web structure; Management; Microzooplankton; River flow

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; ENERGY FLOW; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; MICROPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

APALACHICOLA BAY; APALACHICOLA RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARTIA TONSA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 34547146023     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06841     Document Type: Article

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