JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 11 | NUMBER 3 | PAGES 625-632 | 1989
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Zooplankton influence on the phytoplankton-bacterioplankton coupling
Institut de Ciències del Mar (C.S.I.C.) Passeig Nacional s/n, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Received on August 1, 1988; accepted on January 10, 1989 The evolution of phytoplankton biomass, and bacterial number and activity were followed in laboratory microcosms with and without zooplankton, in order to study the time lag between phytoplankton and bacterioplankton development, as well as the possible influence of consumers on phytoplankton-bacterioplankton coupling.