Confirming the "rapid phosphorus transfer from microorganisms to mesozooplankton in the eastern mediterranean sea" scenario through a mesocosm experiment

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 502-521

  Pitta, Paraskevi ^a   Nejstgaard, Jens C ^b,c   Tsagaraki, Tatiana M ^a,d   Zervoudaki, Soultana ^a   Egge, Jorun K ^d   Frangoulis, Constantin ^a   Lagaria, Anna ^a,e   Magiopoulos, Iordanis ^a,f   Psarra, Stella ^a   Sandaa, Ruth Anne ^d   Skjoldal, Evy Foss ^d   Tanaka, Tsuneo ^g   Thyrhaug, Runar ^d   Thingstad, T Frede ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b Uni Environment   (Norway)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Mesocosm; Phosphorus cycling; Plankton food web; Tunnelling bypass

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; MICROORGANISM; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUCCESSION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CRETAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 85002589496     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbw010     Document Type: Article

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