Plankton trends and community changes in a coastal sea (northern Adriatic): Bottom-up vs. top-down control in relation to environmental drivers

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 138-148

  Mozetič, Patricija ^a   Francé, Janja ^a   Kogovšek, TjaŠa ^a   Talaber, Iva ^a   Malej, Alenka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Coastal waters; Phytoplankton; Regime shift; Time series; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84870354021     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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