Phytoplankton Cel-l Size: Intra- and Interspecific Effects of Warming and Grazing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Peter, Kalista Higini ^a   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WARMING; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; PROTISTA;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GLOBAL WARMING; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84870659864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049632     Document Type: Article

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