Cascading effects of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi on the planktonic food web in a nutrient-limited estuarine system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 460, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-61

  Dinasquet, J ^a,b   Titelman, J ^c   Moller L F ^d   Setala O ^e   Granhag, L ^d   Andersen, T ^c   Bamstedt, U ^f   Haraldsson, M ^d   Hosia, A ^g   Katajisto, T ^e   Kragh, T ^h   Kuparinen, J ^e   Schroter M L ^a   Sondergaard M ^h   Tiselius, P ^d   Riemann, L ^a,b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Baltic sea; Ciliates; Microbial loop; Nanoflagellates; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; CILIATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 84864364662     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09770     Document Type: Article

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