Community structure and grazing of the nano-microzooplankton on the continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Dupuy, Christine ^a   Talarmin, Agathe ^b,c   Hartmann, Hans J ^a   Delmas, Daniel ^d   Courties, C ^c   Marquis, Elise ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bay of Biscay; Environmental factors; Grazing; Heterotrophic protists; Mesozooplankton; Size fractionated phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRAZING; HETEROTROPHY; MICROPLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 82855178751     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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