Differential effects of nutrient-limited primary production on primary, secondary or tertiary consumers

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-48

  Malzahn, Arne M ^a,b   Hantzsche, Florian ^a,b   Schoo, Katherina L ^a,c   Boersma, Maarten ^a,b   Aberle, Nicole ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Copepods; Food chain length; Jellyfish; Stoichiometry; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CRUSTACEAN; FATTY ACID; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; JELLYFISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PREDATOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTOZOAN; RESPIRATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACARTIA TONSA; ALGAE; COPEPODA; GONIONEMUS VERTENS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; OXYRRHIS MARINA; PROTOZOA; RHODOMONAS SALINA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77949773626     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1458-y     Document Type: Article

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