Does warming enhance the effect of microzooplankton grazing on marine phytoplankton in the ocean?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 519-526

  Chen, Bingzhang ^a   Landry, Michael R ^b   Huang, Bangqin ^a   Liu, Hongbin ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84862693520     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.2.0519     Document Type: Article

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