Microzooplankton feeding impact in a coastal upwelling system on the NW Iberian margin: The Ría de Vigo

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-120

  Teixeira, Isabel G ^a   Figueiras, Francisco G ^a   Crespo, Bibiana G ^a,b   Piedracoba, Sílvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling systems; Dilution technique; Microbial food web; Microscopic enumeration; Microzooplankton; R a de Vigo

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DIATOM; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROPLANKTON; MICROSCOPY; NANOPLANKTON; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650284314     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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