Transfer of bacterial production based on labile carbon to higher trophic levels in an oligotrophic pelagic system

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-93

  Faithfull, Carolyn ^a   Huss, Magnus ^a,b   Vrede, Tobias ^a,b   Karlsson, Jan ^a   Bergström, Ann Kristin ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CARBON; CRUSTACEAN; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOOD QUALITY; GLUCOSE; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; MESOCOSM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PERCID; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTIST; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 84855523837     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-142     Document Type: Article

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