Changes in biomass structure and trophic status of the plankton communities in a highly dynamic ecosystem (Gulf of Venice, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Pugnetti, Alessandra ^a   Bazzoni, Anna Maria ^a   Beran, Alfred ^b   Bernardi Aubry, Fabrizio ^a   Camatti, Elisa ^a   Celussi, Mauro ^b   Coppola, Joan ^a   Crevatin, Erica ^b   Del Negro, Paola ^b   Paoli, Alessandro ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autotrophic heterotrophic ratio; Northern Adriatic; Plankton community structure; Trophic status

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; HETEROTROPHY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANKTON; WATER COLUMN;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 51349098206     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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