Low microzooplankton grazing rates in the Arctic Ocean during a Phaeocystis pouchetii bloom (Summer 2007): Fact or artifact of the dilution technique?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 687-701

  Calbet, Albert ^a   Saiz, Enric ^a   Almeda, Rodrigo ^a   Movilla, Juan Ignacio ^a   Alcaraz, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Dilution technique; Food web; Microzooplankton; Phaeocystis pouchetii

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTIFACT; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENESCENCE; TROPHIC CASCADE; VIRAL DISEASE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 79953768544     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq142     Document Type: Article

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