On phytoplankton growth and loss rates to microzooplankton in the epilimnion and metalimnion of Lake Ontario in mid-summer

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 146-153

  Twiss, Michael R ^a   Ulrich, Carmen ^a   Zastepa, Arthur ^b   Pick, Frances R ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep chlorophyll maxima maximum (DCM); FluoroProbe; Microzooplankton; Phycoerythrin rich cyanobacteria; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CLOSE COUPLING; DEEP CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMA/MAXIMUM (DCM); EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLUOROPROBE; LAKE ONTARIO; LOSS RATES; METALIMNION; MICROZOOPLANKTONS; PHYCOERYTHRIN-RICH CYANOBACTERIA; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SIZE FRACTION; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIUM; EPILIMNION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRACTIONATION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84869125800     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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