Microzooplankton grazing in the coastal Gulf of Alaska: Variations in top-down control of phytoplankton

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1480-1494

  Strom, Suzanne L ^a   Macri, Erin L ^a   Olson, M Brady ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CILIATE; COASTAL ZONE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; HETEROTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; NEOCALANUS;

EID: 34547153646     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.4.1480     Document Type: Article

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