The base of the food web at the top of the great lakes: Structure and function of the microbial food web of lake superior

State of Lake Superior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 289-318

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

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Plankton Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autochthonous carbon; Community respiration; Linkages; Lower trophic levels; Microbial loop; Production biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650126071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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