Top-down control of phytoplankton by oysters in Chesapeake Bay, USA: Reply to Newell et al. (2007)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 341, Issue , 2007, Pages 299-301

  Pomeroy, Lawrence R ^a   D'Elia, Christopher F ^b   Schaffner, Linda C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Filter feeders; Hypoxia; Oyster; Phytoplankton blooms

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIVALVE; FILTER FEEDER; HYPOXIA; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPRING (SEASON); TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 34547594596     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps341299     Document Type: Review

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