Checking the pulse of Lake Ontario's microbial-planktonic communities: A trophic transfer hypothesis

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-412

  Munawar, M ^a   Fitzpatrick, M ^a   Munawar, I F ^b   Niblock, H ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Plankton Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics; Fisheries; Food web; Linkages; Lower trophic levels

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA;

EID: 78650121813     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2010.534412     Document Type: Article

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