Microzooplankton, Key Organisms in the Pelagic Food Web
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Contents 1. Introduction 2. Main microzooplankton groups 3. Microzooplankton grazing impacts in marine ecosystems 3.1. How much of the primary production is daily consumed by microzooplankton? 3.2. Breaking old paradigms on the role of zooplankton in marine ecosystems 4. Microzooplankton and the biogeochemical cycles 5. Microzooplankton as prey 5.1. Contribution of microzooplankton to copepod diet 5.2. Impacts of copepod grazing on microzooplankton populations 6. Human and climate forcing of microzooplankton populations 6.1. Top-down effects 6.2. Bottom-up and direct effects 6.3. Climatic and physical effects Acknowledgements Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketches
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