Effects of trophic cascades in dilution grazing experiments: From artificial saturated feeding responses to positive slopes

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1183-1191

  Calbet, Albert ^a   Saiz, Enric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artefact; Dilution technique; Microzooplankton; Positive slopes; Saturated grazing; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; DILUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING PRESSURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84888362232     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt067     Document Type: Article

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