The Role of Zooplankton Grazing and Nutrient Loading in the Occurrence of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Florida Bay, USA

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1202-1215

  Goleski, Jennifer A ^a   Koch, Florian ^a   Marcoval, Maria A ^a   Wall, Charles C ^a   Jochem, Frank J ^b   Peterson, Bradley J ^a   Gobler, Christopher J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal bloom; Cyanobacteria; Estuary; Florida Bay; Grazing; HABs; Mesozooplankton; Microbial food web; Microzooplankton; Nutrients; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; CILIATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD WEB; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77955885401     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9294-1     Document Type: Article

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