Zooplankton grazing in the Atlantic Ocean: A latitudinal study

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 954-963

  Calbet, Albert ^a   Atienza, Dacha ^a   Henriksen, Casper I ^a   Saiz, Enric ^a   Adey, Timothy R ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Dinoflagellates; Grazing; Impact; Microzooplankton; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

CILIATES; DINOFLAGELLATES; GRAZING; IMPACT; MICROZOOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; METABOLISM; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS;

ALGAE CONTROL;

CILIATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DINOFLAGELLATE; GRAZING; GYRE; INCUBATION; LATITUDE; METABOLISM; PRODUCTIVITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 67649292726     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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