Microzooplankton Grazing in Green Water-Results from Two Contrasting Estuaries

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 373-385

  York, Joanna K ^a   Costas, Barbara A ^b   McManus, George B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilution; Long Island Sound; Phytoplankton growth; San Francisco Bay; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DILUTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; LONG ISLAND SOUND; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79751477926     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9336-8     Document Type: Article

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