Microbial herbivory on the brown tide alga, Aureococcus anophagefferens: Results from natural ecosystems, mesocosms and laboratory experiments

Harmful Algae

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 439-457

  Caron, David A ^a   Gobler, Christopher J ^b   Lonsdale, Darcy J ^c   Cerrato, Robert M ^c   Schaffner, Rebecca A ^a   Rose, Julie M ^a   Buck, Nathaniel J ^b   Taylor, Gordon ^c   Boissonneault, Katie Rose ^d   Mehran, Reyhan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal mortality; Aureococcus anophagefferens; Brown tide; Dilution technique; Feeding selectivity; Herbivory; Protists; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 7944230209     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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