Capacity of herbivorous protists to control initiation and development of mass phytoplankton blooms

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-262

  Sherr, Evelyn B ^a   Sherr, Barry F ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Diatoms; Herbivory; Heterotrophic dinoflagellates; Microzooplankton; Phytoplankton blooms; Plankton ecology

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 73449115341     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01358     Document Type: Article

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