Effects of omnivory and predator-prey elemental stoichiometry on planktonic trophic interactions

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2107-2116

  Siuda, Amy N S ^a,b   Dam, Hans G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Sea Education Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CILIATE; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD QUALITY; GRAZING PRESSURE; INGESTION RATE; NITROGEN; OMNIVORY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA TONSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; STROMBIDINOPSIS SP.; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 77958062007     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.2107     Document Type: Article

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