Bloom-forming cyanobacteria support copepod reproduction and development in the Baltic Sea.

It is commonly accepted that summer cyanobacterial blooms cannot be efficiently utilized by grazers due to low nutritional quality and production of toxins; however the evidence for such effects in situ is often contradictory. Using field and experimental observations on Baltic copepods and bloom-fo...

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Main Authors: Hedvig Hogfors, Nisha H Motwani, Susanna Hajdu, Rehab El-Shehawy, Towe Holmborn, Anu Vehmaa, Jonna Engström-Öst, Andreas Brutemark, Elena Gorokhova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4237358?pdf=render