Marine microalgae attack and feed on metazoans

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1926-1936

  Berge, Terje ^a   Poulsen, Louise K ^b   Moldrup, Morten ^a   Daugbjerg, Niels ^a   Juel Hansen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Copepods; Marine food web; Mixotrophy; Phytoplankton; Prey size

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATER; CRUSTACEAN; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FOOD WEB; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAZOAN; MICROALGA; MIXOTROPHY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREY SIZE; SURVIVAL; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPEPOD; DINOFLAGELLATE; FOOD CHAIN; LOCOMOTION; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FOOD CHAIN; LOCOMOTION; MICROALGAE;

ACARTIA TONSA; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARMIGER; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; KARLODINIUM; METAZOA;

EID: 84867746943     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.29     Document Type: Article

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