Planktonic food webs: Microbial hub approach

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 365, Issue , 2008, Pages 289-309

  Legendre, Louis ^a,b   Rivkin, Richard B ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food webs; Heterotrophic microbes; Metazoa; Microbial hub; Plankton; Protozoa; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSOLIDATION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; EVOLUTION; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTOZOAN; RESPIRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 52249088165     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07467     Document Type: Review

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