Diel patterns of grazing by pigmented nanoflagellates on Synechococcus spp. In the coastal ecosystem of subtropical western pacific

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 636, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 249-256

  An Yi, Tsai ^a   Chin, Wen Mei ^a   Chiang, Kuo Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ingestion rates; Mixotrophy; Pigmented nanoflagellates; Synechococcus spp

Indexed keywords

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 77955553462     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9954-y     Document Type: Article

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