Evolutionary tradeoffs among nutrient acquisition, cell size, and grazing defense in marine phytoplankton promote ecosystem stability

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 401, Issue , 2010, Pages 63-76

  Sunda, W G ^a   Hardison, D R ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Cell size; Evolutionary tradeoffs; Grazing defense; Growth rate; Nitrogen uptake; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMMONIUM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF;

ALGAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI;

EID: 77649285442     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08390     Document Type: Article

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