Warming does not always benefit the small - Results from a plankton experiment

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-68

  Rüger, Theresa ^a,b   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell size; Phytoplankton; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CELL ORGANELLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MESOCOSM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION GROWTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EUTREPTIELLA;

EID: 84856117039     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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