What controls microzooplankton biomass and herbivory rate across marginal seas of China?
@article{Liu2020WhatCM, title={What controls microzooplankton biomass and herbivory rate across marginal seas of China?}, author={Kailin Liu and Bingzhang Chen and Liping Zheng and Suhong Su and Bangqin Huang and Mianrun Chen and Hongbin Liu}, journal={Limnology and Oceanography}, year={2020}, volume={66} }
Microzooplankton are the primary herbivores and nutrient regenerators in the marine food web, but their importance is often underestimated, and the quantitative relationships between environmental factors and the biomass and herbivory rate of microzooplankton remain obscure. To fill this gap, we conducted 224 dilution experiments to measure microzooplankton biomass and herbivory rate across a vast area of the marginal seas of China. To gain the potential mechanisms controlling microzooplankton…
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