Planktonic biomass size spectra: An emergent property of size-dependent physiological rates, food web dynamics, and nutrient regimes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 514, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-33

  Taniguchi, Darcy A A ^a,c   Franks, Peter J S ^a   Poulin, Francis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microzooplankton; Nutrient phytoplankton zooplankton models; Phytoplankton; Planktonic size spectra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908669597     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10968     Document Type: Article

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