Species specific differences in the ingestion of Microcystis cells by the calanoid copepods Eurytemora affinis and Pseudodiaptomus forbesi

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1479-1484

  Ger, Kemal Ali ^a   Arneson, Patricia ^a   Goldman, Charles Remington ^a   Teh, Swee Joo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

copepod; cyanobacteria; ingestion; microcystis; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; FEEDING MECHANISM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INGESTION RATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; MICROCYSTIS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS FORBESI;

EID: 77956482611     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq071     Document Type: Article

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