Microzooplankton grazing along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Aquatic Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: Garzio, LM, Steinberg, Deborah K., Erickson, M, Ducklow, HW
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2013
• Subjects: Protozooplankton Community Structure; Microbial Food-Web; Southern-Ocean; Phytoplankton Growth; Ciliate Microzooplankton; Heterotrophic Protists; Bacterial Production; Atlantic Sector; Coastal Waters; Austral Summer; Biological Sciences Peer-Reviewed Articles; Aquaculture and Fisheries; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/902; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/1902/viewcontent/a070p215.pdf

The significance of microzooplankton as grazers in pelagic ecosystems has been established, yet relatively few studies of microzooplankton grazing, compared to that of macrozooplankton, have been conducted in the Southern Ocean. We report phytoplankton and bacterial growth and grazing mortality rate...