Feeding of the Arctic ctenophore Mertensia ovum in the Baltic Sea: Evidence of the use of microbial prey

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-103

  Majaneva, Sanna ^a,b,c   Setälä, Outi ^a   Gorokhova, Elena ^d   Lehtiniemi, Maiju ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bacterioplankton; ciliates; gelatinous zooplankton; mesozooplankton; predation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CILIATE; CLEARANCE RATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL LOOP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84892738579     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt101     Document Type: Article

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