Testing the relationship between primary production and Acartia tonsa grazing pressure in an estuarine lagoon

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1045-1058

  Calliari, Danilo ^a   Britos, Anamar ^a   Conde, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FECUNDITY; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; LAGOON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TESTING METHOD; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ACARTIA TONSA; COPEPODA;

EID: 68849085557     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp049     Document Type: Article

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