Fat tails in marine microbial population fluctuations

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1739-1745

  Segura, A M ^a   Calliari, D ^a   Fort, H ^b   Lan, B L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FAT; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PEST DAMAGE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84888072869     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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