Anti-grazing properties of the toxic dinoflagellate Karlodinium veneficum during predator-prey interactions with the copepod Acartia tonsa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 366, Issue , 2008, Pages 31-42

  Waggett, Rebecca J ^a   Tester, Patricia A ^a   Place, Allen R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical deterrent; Copepod grazing; Harmful algae; Karlodinium; Karlotoxin; Toxic dinoflagellate

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DINOFLAGELLATE; FOOD LIMITATION; GRAZING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOXICITY;

ACARTIA TONSA; ALGAE; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; KARLODINIUM; KARLODINIUM MICRUM;

EID: 53549096772     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07518     Document Type: Article

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