Plankton community properties determined by nutrients and size-selective feeding

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 413, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-15

  Fuchs, Heidi L ^a,b   Franks, Peter J S ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Food web; Plankton dynamics; Predator prey interaction; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; JELLYFISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE SELECTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

SALPIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77957339525     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08716     Document Type: Article

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