Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing in the continental shelf area of northeastern South China Sea after Typhoon Fengshen

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1663-1671

  Zhou, Linbin ^a,b   Tan, Yehui ^a   Huang, Liangmin ^a   Huang, Jianrong ^c   Liu, Huaxue ^a   Lian, Xiping ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dilution technique; Microzooplankton grazing; Negative phytoplankton growth; Northeastern South China Sea; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CILIATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORRELATION; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNERGISM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TYPHOON; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; HELICOSTOMELLA SUBULATA; THALASSIONEMA NITZSCHIOIDES;

EID: 80052864383     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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