The effects of changing climate on microzooplankton grazing and community structure: Drivers, predictions and knowledge gaps

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-252

  Caron, David A ^a   Hutchins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterivory; climate change; herbivory; heterotrophic protist; hypoxia; microzooplankton; mixotrophy; ocean acidification; temperature

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIVORY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; HETEROTROPHY; MIXOTROPHY; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTIST; REMINERALIZATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84874821389     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs091     Document Type: Article

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