Mesozooplankton grazing on picocyanobacteria in the baltic sea as inferred from molecular diet analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Motwani, Nisha H ^a   Gorokhova, Elena ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FOOD CHAIN; OCEANS AND SEAS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84894111393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079230     Document Type: Article

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