Microzooplankton community structure and grazing on phytoplankton, in an eddy pair in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 8-10, 2007, Pages 1076-1093

  Paterson, Harriet L ^a   Knott, Brenton ^a   Waite, Anya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Grazing; Heterotrophic organisms; Leeuwin Current; Mesoscale eddies; Picoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; EDDY CURRENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CILIATE; GRAZING; HETEROTROPHIC ORGANISMS; LEEUWIN CURRENT; MESOSCALE EDDIES; PICOPLANKTONS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL; CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DINOFLAGELLATE; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; MESOSCALE EDDY; MORTALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34547171181     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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