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Direct consumption by zooplankton can have appreciable effects upon phytoplankton and bacterioplankton populations. By means of selective grazing, zooplankton can influence the seasonal succession of the phytoplankton (cf., Porter (1977)].
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Wetzel, R.G., Likens, G.E. (1991). Zooplankton Feeding. In: Limnological Analyses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4098-1_15
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