Spatial and temporal characteristics of plankton-rich layers in a shallow, temperate fjord

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 355, Issue , 2008, Pages 21-30

  Menden Deuer, Susanne ^a,b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web dynamics; Heterotrophic protists; Plankton patches; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANKTON; SHALLOW WATER;

EAST SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 41349111116     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07265     Document Type: Article

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