Successful strategies in size structured mixotrophic food webs

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-347

  Våge, Selina ^a   Castellani, Marco ^a   Giske, Jarl ^a   Thingstad, T Frede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cell size; Coexistence; Foraging mode; High resolution planktonic food web model; Mixotrophic diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIVORY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHAGOTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84883447106     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-013-9447-y     Document Type: Article

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