Trophic impact and prey selection by crustacean zooplankton on the microbial communities of an oligotrophic coastal area (NW Mediterranean Sea)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-78

  Broglio, Elisabetta ^a   Saiz, Enric ^a   Calbet, Albert ^a   Trepat, Isabel ^a   Alcaraz, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Cladocerans; Copepods; Food web; NW Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 4243187980     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame035065     Document Type: Article

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