Preferential grazing of Oxyrrhis marina on virus-infected Emiliania huxleyi

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2035-2040

  Evans, Claire ^a,b   Wilson, William H ^a,c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COCCOLITH; DINOFLAGELLATE; GRAZING; PALATABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; VIRUS;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; OXYRRHIS MARINA;

EID: 52149084324     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.5.2035     Document Type: Article

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