Role of nutrient supply and loss in controlling protist species dominance and microbial food-webs during spring blooms

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-92

  Lovejoy, C ^a,c   Price, N M ^b   Legendre, L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Arctic; Marine; Nutrient supply; Phytoplankton; Protist species; Spring bloom initiation; Succession

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 4243080869     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame034079     Document Type: Article

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