Grazers and Phytoplankton Growth in the Oceans: An Experimental and Evolutionary Perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ratti, Simona ^a   Knoll, Andrew H ^b   Giordano, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ACARTIA TONSA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; EUPLOTES; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAZER; GRAZING; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TETRASELMIS SUECICA; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPHYTA; COPEPODA; DIATOMS; EUPLOTES; FOOD CHAIN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SULFATES; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84886256824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077349     Document Type: Article

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