The relative importance of autotrophic and heterotrophic microbial communities in the planktonic food web of the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario 2000-2007

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-32

  Munawar, M ^a   Fitzpatrick, M ^a   Niblock, H ^a   Lorimer, J ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beneficial use impairments; Carbon budgets; Eutrophication; Heterotrophy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA;

EID: 79952426369     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2011.551102     Document Type: Article

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